Causes
This Estate sparked the French Revolution.
What is the 3rd Estate?
This committee was put in charge of seeking out and executing counter-revolutionaries.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
By this action, Napoleon, backed by the French military, seized control of France.
What is coup d'etat?
What is Brioche?
This is where Mr. Schumann gets his amazing jokes
What is the Dad Jokes book?
This event formally began the French Revolution.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
The main instrument of execution during the French Revolution
What is the guillotine?
This success brought great popularity to Napoleon before he took over France
What is military success?
What is the term used for describing the French middle-class?
What is bourgeoisie?
This Estate was taxed at 50% of their income and had little representation in French politics before the Revolution.
What is the 3rd Estate?
These are the three Estates in order from 1st to 3rd.
What is the Clergy, Nobles, and peasants?
The name of the King of France that was executed as a result of the revolution
Who is King Louis?
Invading this country would be the demise of Napoleon's great Empire.
What is Russia?
A meeting of the 3 Estates to address the budget issues of King Louis XVI before the revolution
What is the Estates General?
Under Napoleon, this was opened to all classes.
What is Education?
This was a pledge made by the National Assembly vowing to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This man headed the Committee of Public Safety and his execution brought an end to the reign of terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
This island was the original location of Napoleon's exile.
What is Elba?
a policy, adopted in the radical phase of the French Revolution, aimed at creating a secular society by eliminating Christian forms and institutions from French society.
What is de-christianization?
This governmental organization reestablished the French Republic and Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
These are the two forces of change that sparked revolutionary action.
What is Economic Trouble and Enlightenment Ideas?
This is the amount of people who died as a result of the Reign of Terror.
What is 40,000? (17,000 by guillotine)
The Congress of Vienna would ensure __________ throughout Europe for nearly 100 years.
What is peace/stability?
Established after the Reign of Terror / National Convention; a five-man group as the executive branch of the country; incompetent and corrupt, only lasted for 4 years. Overthrown by Napoleon.
What is The Directory?
This restricted women's rights, speech, press, reestablished slavery, and brought stability to France after the revolution
What is Napoleonic Code?