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Reign of Terror
Napoleon...no, not Dynamite!
100
This Cause of the French Revolution was shared with the American Revolution
What is high/unfair taxes?
100
What was the largest Estate in France?
What is the 3rd
100
A written plan of government
What is constitution
100
This man was the leader of the Reign of Terror
What is Robespierre
100
Napoleon declared himself a _______________________ of the French Revolution
What is supporter
200
This cause of the Revolution was thanks to irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI on things such as wars and his Royal Court
What is Debt/bankruptcy
200
What is the Estate that charged tolls and taxes on roads and at markets
What is the Second
200
The main instrument of execution used during the Reign of Terror
What is guillotine
200
More people were executed in this manner than in any other
What is the guillotine
200
Napoleon wanted an Empire that stretched from the _________________________ to the _________________________
What is Atlantic/Pacific
300
Ideas like these 3 from the Enlightenment surely contributed to the idea of revolution
What is: limited government; natural rights; freedom of speech
300

The King asked these Estates to pay taxes to help pull the country out of debt

What is the 1st and 2nd

300
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety who was responsible for the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
300
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman
Who is Marie Antoinette?
300
Napoleon suffered the greatest military blunder in history at the hands of this nation
What is Russia
400
This Estate walked out of the Estates-General Meeting and formed the National Assembly. What document did they issue and what type of government did they declare France to be?
What is 3rd/ constitution/constiutional monarcy
400

This Estate numbered around 100,000 people

What is 1st

400
What is the definition for bourgeoisie?
What is French middle class
400

What was the governing body formed by the national convention in 1793 to protect the new republic from threats, foreign and domestic

The committee of public safety.

400

This group came together after Napoleon's exile and restored this type of government to Europe, just as it had been before the French Revolution

What is Congress of Vienna/monarchy

500

These are the 3 main Causes of the French Revolution

Economic hardship, enlightenment ideas, and social inequality.

500

These were at least 3 responsibilities of the 3rd Estate

Labor, taxation, and providing services.

500

The definition of a constitutional monarchy

A constitutional monarchy is a system where a monarch (king or queen) is the head of state, but their powers are limited by a constitution, with real governing authority resting with an elected parliament or legislature.

500

Once the blood had stopped flowing, this 5 man group took control of France

The Directory

500

Part 1: These were the steps taken by Napoleon to restore order to France following his ascension to power. These actions allowed the French people to trust that he had their best interests at heart. Part 2: These were the steps taken by Napoleon once he had achieved power that showed he was not a true supporter of limited government, as he had once declared.

Schools, government. Finances, laws, limits of freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and restoration of the nobility

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