Causes
Important Figures
Napoleon's Domestic Policies
Terms
Events
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How did food play a role in the French Revolution?
The high price of bread and people were starving
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This important figure rose to power as a military hero.
Napoleon Bonaparte
100
Napoleon had this built to celebrate his military victories.
L'Arc de Triomphe
100
This is a vote that was taken every time Napoleon tried to take power
Plebiscite
100
What upset the Third Estate about the Estates General?
Voting by order instead of voting by head.
200
What are two events that inspired the French Revolution?
The American Revolution and the Enlightenment
200
These two important figures thought that killing people was necessary to the revolution.
Jean Paul Marat and Maximilien Robespierre
200
How did Napoleon violate freedom of speech?
Napoleon shut down newspapers, censored the press, and used secret police.
200
The group of moderates during the French Revolution who did not want to kill the king.
Girondin
200
What was the result of the Women's March to Versailles?
Louis XVI and the royal family were forced to move back to Paris
300
What was France's economic situation like during the lead up to the French Revolution? How did they get into this situation?
France was broke due to deficit spending (spending more than you earn).
300
Why was Charlotte Corday an important figure to the French Revolution?
Charlotte Corday kills Marat in an attempt to gain peace. She is killed as the Reign of Terror begins.
300
What was Napoleon's impact on education?
Napoleon created four levels of schooling, emphasized science and mathematics, focus on military and obedience, no education for women.
300
What was the Great Fear?
Panic caused by foreign troops invading, the government seizing peasants' food, and vagrants and vandals leading peasant rebellions in the countryside.
300
What was the significance of the Battle of Waterloo?
Napoleon's last defeat which caused him to be exiled to St. Helena
400
Who was one thinker who inspired the French Revolution? In what way did they inspire the movement?
John Locke-Natural rights (rights everyone is born with); life, liberty, and property
400
Why was Jacques Necker an important figure to the French Revolution?
He was a popular financial minister who's dismissal helped lead to the Storming of the Bastille.
400
What was Napoleon's policy toward the Catholic Church?
The Concordat of 1801 did not give the Catholic Church its land back but recognized that most people in France were Catholic.
400
1.This group who had power during 
the Reign of Terror and wanted more blood. 2. This group sided with the group described above 
and wore trousers rather than britches.
1. Jacobins 2. Sans Coulettes
400
What were the concerns of the Congress of Vienna?
1. Making a lasting peace 2. Contain France 3. Balance of Power 4. Legitimacy
500
Explain who made up the three estates and how this led to the revolution.
1st-Clergy (collected tithes, didn't have to pay taxes 2nd-Nobles (didn't have to pay taxes, special roles in the military, given titles, wealthy) 3rd-Bourgeoisie and peasants (forced to pay all of the taxes, forced into the military, had to pay tithes, poor, hungry) Inequity between the classes as described above.
500
During the Women's March to Versailles, who were the women trying to kill? Why did they want to kill this person? What eventually happened to this figure?
The women were trying to kill Marie Antoinette because she wasted money and lived lavishly. She was ultimately killed by the guillotine.
500
What were four ideas presented in the Napoleonic Code?
-Equality (no privileges) -Choose job and advance on merit -Feudalism abolished -Trial by jury -Religious tolerance -Women's rights restricted -Parents given power over their children
500
The idea that traditional monarchs who had been removed from their thrones by Napoleon should be reinstated.
Legitimacy
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What were three reasons for the Storming of the Bastille?
1. Troops had surrounded Paris 2. Jacques Necker was fired 3. Symbol of tyranny and despotism 4. Had ammo and weapons
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