The Old Regime
King Louis XVI wife and Queen of France
Marie Antoinette
The result of King Louis XVI's trial for treason in front of the National Convention
Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine
The name given to the French document establishing rights for all MEN in France
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Napoleon established a more fair way to collect ______.
Taxes
List the French leaders in the correct chronological order
Louis XVI -> Robespierre -> Napoleon
This group of people made up the first estate.
Clergy
The incident sparked the Revolution
Storming the Bastille
The device became the symbol of the Reign of Terror
The Guillotine
Napoleon established a rule of law known as the ________.
Napoleonic code
This group consisted of:
12 member executive body created by the Convention
Enjoyed almost dictatorial power
The Committee of Public Safety
This estate made up 97% of the population
Third estate
An overthrow of the government
Coup d'etat
What is a coup d'etat?
Overthrow of the current government
Who became Emperor of France via coup d'etat?
Napoleon
Before he took control of the French government, Napoleon was _______________.
Head of the French army
The Third Estate, many members of clergy & a few nobles secede form a new legislative body to vote by head. It was called _____________.
The National Assembly
During the revolution many of these people left France for fear of their lives.
Nobles
One of the most significant outcomes of the Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen was ______.
That men were equal before the law
Napoleon was finally defeated in which famous battle?
Battle of Waterloo
Political party that consisted of:
Primarily bourgeoisie
Most popular political club
More radical: favored a Republic
Inspired by Rousseau’s ideas of equality, popular sovereignty & civic virtue
Jacobins
The reason why voting in the Estates General unfair
Each estate got the same number of votes
This event is where a new constitution was established for France.
Tennis Court Oath
The leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror
Maximilian Robespierre
One of the main purposes of the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) was to ________________.
Establish a balance of power in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon
The great French empire that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion considered a great disaster for Napoleon?
Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army