Beginning/causes
What is the 3rd Estate?
The 3rd estate worried that the 1st and 2nd estate would outvote them so they formed their own group, which was called...
What is the National Assembly?
time in French Revolution with extreme violence and suspicion, many people arrested and killed
What is the Reign of Terror?
The 5 men in leadership who took over after the Reign of Terror; overthrown by Napoleon's coup d'tat (seizing power)
What is the Directory?
Napoleon's final defeat was at ________ and he was exiled to _______________
What is the Battle of Waterloo and the island of St. Helena?
The estate that included the nobility; paid almost no taxes; held government positions
the estate that included clergy/church people; held a lot of land
What is the 2nd estate and 1st estate?
the National Assembly went to a handball court and swore and oath to not leave until they had written a new constitution
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Monarchs executed on charges of treason after they tried to escape Paris
Who are Louis XVI and Marie Antoinnette?
Two reasons that people in France accepted Napoleon's absolute power
They thought he could defend them against European powers attacking them and solve their economic/political problems
The European nations tried to make sure no single nation got too much power-- this was called __________
What is the "balance of power"?
A large population and several bad harvests led to this
What are food shortages and bread riots?
the prison French people stormed to get gunpowder when they were taking up weapons against the king's troops
What is the Bastille?
The National Convention (new government) declared in 1792 that France had no monarchy, only a representative government called a ...
What is a republic?
Napoleon forced his empire and allies in Europe to block any trade with England to hurt their economy
What is the Continental System?
What is conservatism?
The assembly of the 3 groups in France Louis XVI calls together to solve France's financial problems
Estates-General
the National Assembly declared that all people are free and equal; John Locke influenced their support of people's rights and government power coming from the people
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
The man in charge of the Committee of Public Safety and the political party he led
Who are Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins?
The unified system of laws Napoleon put into place for France and his European empire
What is the Napoleonic Code?
a strong loyalty to one's country, identifying with its cultures, values, and success; people in Europe developed this in reaction to Napoleon's conquering them
What is nationalism?
people in France were influenced by the Enlightenment and revolted against the total power of the king and queen, which is called...
What is absolute monarchy?
Limited the power of the king and declared France a constitutional monarchy
What is the Constitution of 1791?
Eventually, the French people turned on Maximilien Robespierre, condemning him to ...
What is execution by guillotine?
Napoleon's army was decimated by the Russians burning all the villages as they retreated--a ____________ policy to leave no food or resources, as well as by the weather --- _____________
What is "scorched-earth" policy and the Russian winter?
moving toward new ways; thinking about people as citizens with individual rights and freedoms
What is liberalism?