The Old Regime
This estate in the Old Regime paid the majority of the taxes.
What is the Third Estate?
A period during the French Revolution when thousands of people were executed by the guillotine.
What is the Reign of Terror?
In this battle, Napoleon's fleet was destroyed by the British.
The Battle of the Nile.
This was the slogan for the French Revolution.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
The French word for a sudden takeover of a government.
Coup d'etat.
What type of ruler was Louis XVI?
A weak and indecisive ruler.
This event involved the Third Estate (National Assembly) taking a vow to not disband until a new constitution was created for France.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This is how Napoleon gained power in France in 1779.
Overthrowing the Directory (Coup d'etat)
Nobles and others who fled France to avoid persecution during the Revolution.
Who are Émigrés?
The law that allowed the arrest of anyone suspected of being an enemy of the revolution
What was the Law of Suspects?
The wife of King Louis XVI
Who is Marie Antoinette?
A period of violence in the country displayed by the Third Estate towards the other two estates
What is the Great Fear?
This refers to Napoleon's last attempt to regain power.
What is the Hundred Days?
Name of the radical group that supported the Revolution.
Who are the Jacobins.
First Consul was not enough for Napoleon... he eventually named himself ______________.
Emperor of France.
Supporting ________ nearly doubled France's debt.
What is the American Revolution?
A document that laid out the fundamental rights of all citizens, emphasizing equality and liberty, and was inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
The place of Napoleon's last battle.
What is Waterloo?
These two nations invaded France in 1792.
What is Austria and Prussia?
This military strategy is when an army will destroy all its resources to prevent it being used by the enemy.
What is the scorched earthy policy?
As a way to ease France's financial crisis, Robert Turgot suggested that the country do THIS:
What is tax the nobles?
The day that the Storming of Bastille occurred?
July 14th, 1789
A set of civil laws established by Napoleon, emphasizing equality before the law, guaranteed freedom of religion, and protected a person's right to work in any occupation.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
He lead the Reign of Terror and the Committee of Public Safety.
Who is Robespierre?
Name Napoleon's 3 costly mistakes
1. the Continental System
2. the Conquest of Spain
3. the Conquest of Russia