Causes of the French Revolution
Rising prices of this staple food worsened popular unrest in the late 1780s.
What is bread
After being locked out of the Estates General, the third estate will relocate and declare themselves the National assembly vowing to not stop meeting until their is a new constitution, in this famous revolutionary moment
what is the Tennis Court Oath
The radical political group that dominated the National Convention.
Who are the Jacobins
This five man dictatorial committee is what Napoleon overthrew in a military coup when he named himself first Consul
What is the directory
This was the overarching idealogy of the Congress of Vienna
What is Conservatism
This influential intellectual movement in Europe challenged absolute monarchy and traditional authority.
What is the enlightenment
Who marched on Versailles and forced the royal family back to Paris?
Who are the Poissard (peasant women)
Women is also an acceptable answer
The first successful slave revolt in modern history happened in this country, following the French Revolutions ideals of liberty and equality
What is Haity
Napoleon’s agreement with the Catholic Church to stabilize France.
What is the Concordant
The informal system for resolving international disputes after 1815 that emphasized balance of power
What is the Concert of Europe
The first and second estate, which was largely exempt from most taxes, was made up of which two groups
The slogan of the french revolution
What is liberte egalite fraternite
The conservative reaction to the Reign of Terror and Robespierres death
What is the Thermidorian Reaction
The economic system designed to weaken Britain.
What is the Continental System
The least conservative representative at the Congress of Vienna who represented France
Who is Tallyrand
Part of the third estate, this was a group of people who "owned the means of production," and their complaints over political and economic grievances helped spark the Revolution.
Who are the Bourgeious
The voting system favored by the First and Second Estates.
What is by order
Robespierre's idea for the form of what society should be after the rain of terror that emphasized public good over private gain
What is the Republic of Virtue
The naval battle that ended French hopes of invading Britain.
What is the Battle of Trafalgr
This 1000 year old political entity was destroyed by Napoleon and replaced with the more rationally organized German Confederation
Who was Jacques Necker
What government does France have immeditely following the Tennis Court Oath and the Constitution of 1789?
What is a Constitutional Monarchy
The law that allowed executions without substantial evidence.
What is the Law of 22 Prairieal
The battle Napoleon referenced when boasting of defeating Russia and Austria in 1805.
What is the Battle of Austerlitz
The alliance formed to uphold monarchy and suppress revolution included Austria, Russia, and Prussia
What is the Holy Alliance