Key Characters
King of France before the French Revolution
Who was Louis the XVI (16th)
In pre-revolutionary France, these were the three main social classes or orders: clergy, nobility, and commoners
What were the Estates
This device, known as the "national razor," was used for swift beheadings during the Reign of Terror
What is was The Guillotine
Military genius, crowned himself Emperor in 1804 after rising to power following the Revolution
Who was Napoleon
The lower/middle class including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
What is the bourgeoisie
She was the France's queen during the Revolution
Who was Marie Antoinette
The bourgeoise was part of which Estate?
What is the Third Estate
Desired outcome of the revolution from the bourgeoisie
What is freedom/liberty/equality
In 1804 Napoleon did this
What is made himself Emperor
A political philosophy originally based largely on Enlightenment principles, holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint and that civil liberties—the basic rights of all people–should be protected
What is liberalism
Lawyer, and voice of the People
Who was Maximelien Robespierre
Event where Parisians raided the prison for weapons and gunpowder, marking a key early flashpoint of the Revolution
What was the Storming of the Bastille
The French Revolution was inspired by these ideas, the ideas of Locke, Rousseau, and the American Revolution
What is The Enlightenment
After his term as Emperor had concluded Napoleon finished his days
What is exile and died of sickness
A sudden overthrow of the government
What is a coup d'etat
Military genius, strategist, and eventual Emperor of France
Who was Napoleon
The largest Estate, with the people paying the highest taxes, but also the most impoverished (poor)
What is the Third Estate
Revolutionaries showed their commitment to The Republic how?
What is addressing one another as "citizen"
Napoleon's downfall was hastened by these three major factors
What is British resistance, European Nationalism, and the Invasion of Russia
The idea that great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments
What is the principle of intervention