Social classes in France in the late 1700's before the Revolution
Estates
Louis XVI was executed for this crime
Treason
July 14, 1789
Bastille Day
Social and political system that existed before French Revolution
Old Regime
King of France during French Revolution
Louis XVI
An assembly of representatives from all three social classes
Estates General
National Assembly members made this famous oath
Tennis Court
Group that imposed the Reign of Terror
Committee on Public Safety
Napoleon could not defeat
Great Britain/Russia
Crowned Napoleon Emperor of France
Himself
In the Estates General, each estate had this many votes
One
Document stated "men are born free and remain free and equal rights"
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Tool used to remove heads
Guillotine
Madam Deficit
Marie Antoinette
National Assembly lost public support when they went after this institution
Catholic Church
This Estate paid all of the taxes
3rd Estate
Series of laws introduced by Napoleon
Napoleonic Code
Reign of Terror can only end with his death
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleons last bid for power #
Hundred Days
Napoleon's blockade of European Ports
Continental System
Representative body formed by the 3rd Estate
National Assembly
Restored peace, stability, monarchs to thrones, and redrew map of Europe
Congress of Vienna
Overthrow of Government
coup d' etat
Primary Leader at the Congress of Vienna
Klemens von Metternich
Tactic used by Russia to defend against Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Scorched Earth Policy