French Rev Origins/Causes
The immediate reason Louis XVI called the Estates-General in 1789 was this national problem.
Debt/Financial Crisis
This political faction led the radical stage and sat on the far left in the Legislative Assembly.
The Jacobins
Napoleon gained early fame for defeating Austrian forces with a bridge charge at this 1796 battle in Italy.
Battle of Lodi
Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815 occurred at this battle.
Waterloo
Prior to the revolution, Haiti was the French colony known by this name.
Saint-Domingue
This pre-revolutionary system divided France into three legal and social groups.
The Estates System
Jacobin leader who created the Committee of Public Safety and lead "the terror"
Maximilien Robespierre
In 1799, Napoleon overthrew the Directory in this political event.
What is the Coup of 18 Brumaire?
Britain destroyed the French fleet at this 1805 naval battle, ending Napoleon’s hopes of invading England.
Battle of Trafalger
This former slave became the leading general and figure of the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint L’Ouverture
This pledge made by the Third Estate declared that they would not disband until France had a constitution.
Tennis Court Oath
The execution device that became a symbol of the Revolution.
The Guillotine
This major reform standardized French law and remains one of Napoleon’s most lasting legacies.
The Napoleonic Code
Napoleon’s armies suffered massive losses in 1812 after invading this country.
Russia
This secret 1791 meeting of enslaved Africans, Vodou priests and priestesses, and free people of color helped launch the Haitian Revolution.
What is the Bois Caïman ceremony?
This radical journalist and politician was a vocal voice for the sans-culottes and was assassinated in his bathtub.
Jean-Paul Marat
The radical phase ended when Robespierre was executed in this 1794 event.
What is the Thermidorian Reaction?
Which country offered Napoleon a princess bride as a part of their conditions of surrender at the Treaty of Campo Formio?
Austria
Which Assemblimen helped Napoleon and his Brother-in-law overthrow the Directory during the Coup of 18 Brumaire
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
The global conflict that weakened French authority in the Americas, indirectly helping Haiti achieve revolution.
What is the Seven Years’ War?
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas about “general will” and a "social contract" influenced many revolutionaries.
This 1792 event involved insurgents attacking a Paris prison and executing prisoners suspected of being counterrevolutionaries.
The September Massacres
Who did Napoleon send to reconquer Saint Domingue during the Haitian Revolution?
His Brother-in-law Charles LeClerc
Napoleon defeated Austria and Russia at this 1805 battle, often considered his greatest victory.
Battle of Austerlitz
The decisive 1803 battle that secured Haitian independence
Battle of Vertières