Key Terms
French word meaning “middle class.”
What is bourgeoisie?
One economic cause of the French Revolution.
What is France’s debt?
The event where a Paris mob overthrew Louis XVI and created a republic.
What is the Insurrection of August 10?
Louis XVI is an example of this type of government.
What is a monarchy?
Why did people dislike the Directory?
What is corruption / ineffectiveness?
A ruler who has total control over the government.
What is a dictator?
One social cause of the French Revolution.
What is unfair social classes / privilege of the upper estates?
The phase where Robespierre’s group executed thousands.
What is The Terror?
The National Convention & Committee of Public Safety created this type of rule.
What is an oligarchy or aristocracy?
One reason the French supported Napoleon.
What is he promised stability?
A set of rules describing the structure and powers of government.
What is a constitution?
Another major cause involving political leadership.
What is poor leadership by Louis XVI?
A reform by the National Assembly.
What is ending feudal privileges / Declaration of Rights of Man?
Napoleon ruled France as what?
What is a tyrant or dictator?
One major reform Napoleon introduced.
What is Napoleonic Code / better schools / fair taxes?
A policy to prevent any one nation from becoming stronger than its neighbors.
What is balance of power?
A problem involving food that contributed to the Revolution.
What is bread shortages / high food prices?
Why did revolutionaries want war against the kings of Europe?
What is to spread the Revolution / defend the new government?
A government ruled by religious leaders.
What is a theocracy?
Another accomplishment of Napoleon.
What is building a strong central government / making peace with the Church?
A set of laws that guaranteed equality before the law, trial by jury, and religious freedom.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
A cause of the French Revolution.
What are Enlightenment ideas spreading to France?
What happened during the Thermidorean Reaction?
What is extremists were executed and the Revolution became less radical?
A government ruled by a few powerful people or families.
What is an oligarchy?
The main cause of Napoleon’s downfall.
What is the invasion of Russia / overexpansion?