This thinker created the idea of Natural Rights (born free & equal)
1. Life
2. Liberty
3. Property
John Locke
100
"Revolutionary forces acted on a rumor, resulting in over 1000 people being killed and discredited the Revolution"
Quote above describes what event?
September Massacres
100
Who were the people that made up the first estate? Second estate? third estate?
First - Clergy
Second - Nobility
Third - Everyone else (common people)
100
About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates?
2-3 percent
100
What character trait did Napoleon not possess?
humility
200
He used the idea of natural law to argue that without an absolute gov’t chaos would occur.
Thomas Hobbes
200
Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?
Committee of Public Safety
200
In the Old Regime, how many votes did each estate have?
one per estate
200
Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?
his fellow revolutionaries
200
What was Napoleon’s greatest strength as a leader?
Military ability
300
He promoted the idea of separation of powers into 3 branches of gov’t.
1. Legislative
2. Judicial
3. Executive
Baron de Montesquieu
300
The ___________________ occurred at the beginning of the French Revolution and involved a mob breaking into a prison, the killing of several guards, and then parading around town with their heads on spikes.
Storming of the Bastille
300
Members of the Third Estate formed the ________________ in 1789 with the main goals of proclaiming to end the monarchy and begin a representative government.
National Assembly
300
This revolutionary was a lawyer, talented and passionate speaker and represented Paris’s poor
Georges Jacques Danton
300
The Napoleonic Code provided for:
-equal justice based on the law
-freedom of speech and press
-minority rights for ethnic groups
400
He creatively criticized the Gov’t, Church, and rich through satire (sarcasm).
Voltaire
400
After the Storming of the Bastille and a revolutionary government was formed, the way of peasant violence and revolution was referred to as the:
Great Fear
400
What was the meeting called prior to the French Revolution where all three estates met? (the main issue that came up was deciding how many votes each estate would receive).
Estates General
400
The leader of France of took over after the French Revolution and significantly expanded the borders of the country was ______________.
Napoleon
400
Why did Napoleon sell the Louisiana Territory?
-to raise money
- to cut his losses in America
-to increase America's power as a British rival
500
Wrote: On Crimes and Punishment … condemned torture and the death penalty.
Used the United States Constitution (6th and 8th Amendment as a guide)
Cesare Beccaria
500
When members of the Third Estate took the Tennis Court Oath (1789) at the start of the French Revolution, they were attempting to:
draft a new national constitution
500
The body of government that was established right before Napoleon came into power was the __________, and included two legislatures and executive body of 5 men.
Directory
500
He was the leader of the Reign of Terror and the leader of Committee of Public Safety?