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?
At this place Napoleon would be mocked for his size and thick Italian accent.
What is Military school?
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 1799.
Overthrowing the Directory (Coup d'etat)
The advantage England had in their defense/resistance from being attacked by France.
What is an Island? English Channel?
The Laws that protected and gave civil rights to the People made by Napoleon, some still used today.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
The wife of King Louis XVI
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This Agreement ______, was between Napoleon and ________
What is Concordat and the Catholic Church?
This country is where Napoleon's soldiers discovered the Rosetta Stone which unlocked ancient language.
What is Egypt?
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.
What is the bourgeoise?
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?
The event spurred by high cost of food, would lead to bring King Louis XVI back to Paris.
Women's march of Versailles
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 Embargo of England
2. the Conquest of Spain-putting his brother in charge
3. the Conquest of Russia-600,000 soldiers perished