French Revolution
This event on July 14, 1789, is celebrated as the day the revolution began.
What is the Storming of the Bastille/ Bastille Day?
Napoleon took over France with relative ease due to a number of factors including the people's desire for this.
What is Order?
What is Sugar Cane?
While nearly every European country attended the Congress of Vienna it was this man, representing Austria, that would achieve the most outcomes in its proceedings.
Who is Klemens Von Metternich?
This method of execution, put into widespread use during the French Reign of Terror, was used officially for the last time in 1977.
What is the Guillotine?
This man was head of the Committee of Public Safety, the organization responsible for the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
DAILY DOUBLE: While rewriting French law, Napoleon rewrote this flawed code, fulfilling a revolutionary demand.
What is the Tax Code?
Much of the success of the Haitian revolution is credited to the leadership of this man, also known as "the father of Haiti."
Who is Francois Toussaint L'Overture?
Following years of war and revolution, the Congress of Vienna was convened to provide Europe with this.
What is Stability?
This leader, who first refused to obey an order from Napoleon, later weighed in at the Congress of Vienna.
Who is Czar Alexander I?
The first National assembly of France vowed to produce a new French constitution with this oath, named after a popular sports ball playing ground.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This System was implemented by Napoleon to sanction Great Britain after a failed naval invasion.
What is the Continental System?
The Haitian revolution holds a major distinction from the other slave revolutions of the time period: It was _____.
What is a Success?
The Congress of Vienna produced this principle, which called for the restoration of all former European monarchs.
DAILY DOUBLE: This Strategy was used by retreating Russian forces as Napoleonic forces advanced against them.
What is Scorched Earth Policy?
This outdated social system is said to have been a major cause of the French Revolution.
What is the Estate System?
One thing working against Napoleon's rule was the popularity of this ideal, which grew and spread amongst conquered Europeans yearning to be rid of French control.
What is Nationalism?
This nation provided support against the Haitian revolutionaries not to aid the French, but to establish a foothold in the country.
what is Great Britain?
the push by the Congress to return to monarchal rule would lead to a rise in opposition from groups aligning with this left leaning political ideology.
What is Liberalism?
This French social class paid 97% of the feudal taxes despite owning only around half of the lands in France.
What is the Third Estate?
The Principles of the Revolution were outlined in this document, borrowing from enlightenment and the American Revolution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Despite his relatively enlightened policies on education, Napoleon also instituted this policy which limited speech, press, and art.
What is Censorship/ State Censorship?
Revolutionaries were aided by several factors during the fight for independence, including this viral disease which killed thousands of French troops.
What is Yellow Fever?
The congress of Vienna installed Louis XVIII as King of France, thus returning the country to this system of governance.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
This quintet of oligarchs took control of the First French republic following the end of the Reign of Terror
What is the Directory?