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Reign of Terror
Louis XVI
Revolution
Napoleon
Bonaparte
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This individual was the main leader of the revolution and the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
100
These words (which Marie Antoinette never said), enraged the French people and showed the royal insensitivity toward the plight fo the poor.
What is "Let them eat cake."
100
Name one of the reasons the French people revolted...
a. Many French were starving? b. Enlightenment ideas about government. c. The extravagant lifestyle of the royal family.
100
Napoleon's final defeat came at this place...
What is Waterloo?
100
Napoleon fell deeply in love with _________________ who became his first wife.
Who is Josephine?
200
The Reign of Terror created an atmosphere of suspicion and ________________ among the French people.
What is paranoia?
200
Louis XVI's decision to help the United States in its war of independence from Great Britain _______________ France?
What is banrupts?
200
These people made up the 1st and 2nd estate.
What is the clergy and nobility?
200
Napoleon conducted plebiscites in places that he conquered (or threatened to conquer). What is a plebiscite?
What is a vote of the people to determine sovereignty?
200
The Napleonic Code was set of rules for society inspried by the Enlightenment, except for ...
What is that men retained control over their wives?
300
The Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizen was modeled after the founding documents of _____________________.
What is the United States?
300
Why did Louis XVI fire his finance minister Jacques Necker?
What is because he suggested taxing the 1st and 2nd Estates.
300
Ninety-seven percent of the French population belonged to the ____________________.
What is 3rd Estate?
300
The time from Napoleon's escape from Elba to his defeat at Waterloo is known as the ...
What is 100 Days?
300
The Russians used this tactic against Napoleon to deny him use of any of their materials...
What is "Scorched Earth" policy?
400
This device was used to "painlessly" put dissenters to death during the French Revolution.
What is the guillotine?
400
Other monarchies of Europe began to watch events in France very closely because...
What is they didn't want the revolution spreading to their country?
400
These groups were exempt from paying taxes in France...
What are the 1st and 2nd Estate?
400
Napoleon's biggest military mistake was...
What is his invasion of Russia?
400
After overthrowing the Directory in 1799 Napoleon set up this governing board...
What is the Consulate?
500
The Bourgeoisie included what people?
What is the middle class of France?
500
Louis XVI and Marie tried to escape to her home country of _________________, but were caught at the border.
What is Austria?
500
What kind of government did the National Convention of 1792 create for France?
What is a republic?
500
To redraw the map of Europe, to supress revolutions and restore the legitmacey of monarchies were two major goals of ...
What is the Congress of Vienna?
500
The Continental System was a tactic that Napoleon used to ...
What is block British ships from ports in Continental Europe to disrupt their commerce?