Causes
The number of estates under the Estates General
3
The type of ruler Napoleon was
an autocratic emperor
This person became Emperor of France after the French Revolution
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
True or False
The Clergy and Nobility were subject to the same laws as everyone else during the French Revolution.
True
Who was the author of the Napoleonic Codes?
Napoleon
The issues that were a significant cause of the French Revolution
What were
1. high taxes
2. enlightenment ideas
3. American Revolution
4. wanted a change in how people were governed
The leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror
Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
The 10 year period from 1789-1799 in France is called
What is the French Revolution?
The estate that made up 98% of the population
What was the third estate?
Napoleon established a rule of law known as the
What were Napoleonic codes
True/ False
98% of the population was a part of the 1st and 2nd Estates
False
98% of the population was part of the Third Estate
The following rights was NOT included in the Napoleonic Code nor the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.
What was women's rights?
The incident sparked the French Revolution
What is the storming the Bastille?
The group of people that made up the majority of the Third estate
peasants/ serfs/ commoners
This type of monarchy limits the power of the monarch and makes it so the monarch is subject to the same laws.
Constitutional Monarch
What fatal mistake did King Louis the XVI make?
Helping the Americans win the American Revolution
Who was the French Monarch at the start of the American Revolution?
King Louis XVI
Where did the Third Estate Reconvene when they were locked out of the meeting by the King and the First and Second Estates.
*hint we have several here at EHHS
Tennis Court
King Louis XVI (16) wife's name
Who was Marie Antoinette?
What is a coup?
violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état.
What was the name of the book and the philosopher who wrote this book, which approximately 30 years later caused the French Revolution.
The Social Contract by Jean Jacque Rousseau
Name an event caused Napoleon's empire to crumble
What are:
1. Invasion of Russia
2. The Battle of Waterloo
3. Continental System
The date of the beginning of the French Revolution
What was July 14, 1789?
List the Estates in order and their members
1st Estate: Clergy/Catholic Churc
2nd Estate: Nobles
3rd Estate: Commoners
The name given to a form of government where people elect representatives who establish laws for the country
The First ________ of France
Republic