Classes
Which group in French society was most influenced by Enlightenment thought?
bourgeoisie
Radical revolutionary _____ was a leader of the Reign of Terror.
Robespierre
Napoleon tried to defeat the British by using the _____, a strategy of closing European ports to British goods.
Continental System
In the Declaration of Pilnitz, the king of Prussia and emperor of Austria
threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy.
Bankers and merchants were members of the _____, or French middle class.
bourgeoisie
The old order in which France was divided into three social classes was called the _____.
ancien régime
The National Assembly voted to pay off the huge government debt by selling lands owned by
The Church
Each time Napoleon held a _____ during his rise to power, the voters strongly supported him.
plebiscite
Robespierre believed that France could achieve a “republic of virtue” only through
the use of terror.
Spanish patriots used _____, or hit-and-run raids, to resist French rule.
guerrilla warfare
Before the revolution, to what social class did the clergy belong?
the First Estate
In 1792, what form of government did the radicals create at the new National Convention?
Republic
Which nation was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire?
Britain
During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of
the Committee of Public Safety.
During the Reign of Terror, condemned people were beheaded using the _____.
guillotine
The poorest members of the Third Estate were
urban workers.
In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from the
Third Estate
What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?
scorched-earth policy
What term best describes Napoleon Bonaparte’s ability to unify the French people by appealing to a strong sense of French identity?
Nationalism
Why did the Congress of Vienna redraw the national boundaries of Europe?
to create a balance of power
When radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly in the fall of 1792, they extended voting rights to
all male citizens.
Participants in the Tennis Court Oath swore to continue meeting until they were able to bring about
a just constitution.
Napoleon’s final defeat was at the
Battle of Waterloo.
Which country does Napoleon invade that ultimately destroys a large percentage of his army?
Russia
The women who marched on Versailles refused to leave until the king agreed to
return to Paris.