The Old Regime- 3 Estates
Maximilian Robespierre was from this estate.
What is the Third Estate?
Rumors of Louis XVI attacking Paris led to this...
What is the Storming of the Bastille
Napoleon was born on this small island in the Mediterranean.
What is Corsicsa?
This Austrian was the host of the Congress of Vienna...
Who is Prince Klemens von Metternich?
This enlightened thinker inspired both the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Who is John Locke?
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes was a member of this estate.
What is the First Estate?
Being locked out of their meeting room, the third estate deputies swore to meet every day until a new constitution was made. This has become known as...
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This involved burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat.
What is a scorched-earth policy?
These were the three guiding principles of the Congress of Vienna.
What are Conservatism, Legitimacy, and Compensation?
This enlightened thinker is best known as the chief contributor and editor of the Encyclopedie which was comprised of 35 volumes and nearly 72,000 articles.
Who is Diderot?
They held many of the top positions in the Roman Catholic Church like cardinals, bishops, and heads of monasteries.
What is the First Estate-High Clergy?
Louis XVI called this in order to deal with the financial collapse happening in France.
What is a meeting of the Estates General?
This famous Brit successfully defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo...
Who is Sir Duke Wellington?
These two forces were ignored by the diplomats of the congress in deciding what to do with Europe after Napoleon.
What are Liberalism and Nationalism?
The Jadot family (this was the family that we looked at their expenses at the beginning of the unit) was a part of this estate and group.
What is the Third Estate- urban craftspeople?
In August of 1795, in Reaction to the Reign of Terror, moderates produce another constitution setting up this...
What is a 5 man directory?
This was considered one of Napoleon's greatest victories in Europe...
What is the Battle of Austerlitz?
The diplomats of the congress were all members of the upper classes and therefore were interested in the traditional order of things. Historians consider these diplomats to be...
What are reactionaries?
This enlightened thinker wrote Two Treatises of Government and believed the nature of man to be based on reason, logic, and tolerance.
Who is John Locke?
Some of this 3rd Estate group were able to become nobles under the Old Regime.
Who are the Bourgeoisie?
In August of 1789, The National Assembly issues this important document inspired by these three words “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!”
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This member of the Bourbon Dynasty was put back into power in France after Napoleon was ousted from power.
Who is King Louis XVIII?
This European country through compensation attained control of Finland and a part of Poland.
Who is Russia?
This enlightened thinker wrote A Vindication of the Right of Women and believed inequality among men and women was a result of the unjust rule of men.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?