French Revolution
Who led the Committee of Public Safety?
Maximillian Robespierre
Father of French Enlightenment
Voltaire
Who fought for the King?
Cavaliers
To which island was Napoleon banished?
St. Helena
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
What famous prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?
Bastille
Father of French Romanticism
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Who led the armies of Parliament?
Oliver Cromwell
What was Napoleon's most famous victory?
Battle of Austerlitz
Which king forced loans from his people and ignored the Petition of Right?
Charles I
What execution device became symbolic for the French Revolution?
Guillotine
What is the idea that man's reason is the sole criterion for truth?
Rationalism
What nickname was given to the soldiers that fought for Parliament?
Roundheads
Who did Napoleon marry after divorcing his wife Josephine?
Marie Louise
Which king believed in the divine right of kings to the point of placing himself above the law?
James I
What did the August 4 Decrees abolish?
Feudalism
What is the idea that man is good but society is bad?
Noble Savage
What name was given to Oliver Cromwell when he formed the Protectorate and put England under a military dictatorship (although he was a good ruler and never abused his power)?
Lord Protector
Who defeated Napoleon?
Duke of Wellington
None
What was the period of time under rule of the Committee of Public Safety during which over 40,000 people died?
Reign of Terror
Who edited the Encyclopedia?
Denis Diderot
Which king was called out of exile in France to replace Richard Cromwell?
Charles II
Why was Napoleon unable to conquer Russia?
Terrible Russian winter
Which two monarchs finally brought peaceful and just rule to England?
William III and Mary II