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Who is in the 1st Estate?
Clergy
Who is in the 2nd Estate?
Nobility
Who is in the 3rd Estate?
Commoners
- Peasants
- Bourgeoisie
Who was the King at the start of the French Revolution
King Louis XVI (16th)
What island was Napoleon exiled to
Elba
What is the 1st main cause of the French Revolution?
Enlightenment Ideas
Where did the Estates General take place?
Palace of Versailles
What is a coup d'etat
a sudden, forceful seizure of government control
Who forces Robespierre from power (execute him)
other revolutionaries
What is a plebiscite? Bonus: How did napoleon use it?
vote of the people
What is the 2nd main cause of the French Revolution?
Weak Leadership of Louis XVI
Who paid the majority (burden) of the taxes before the French Revolution?
3rd Estate
What group set up and carried out the Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
How did the 3rd estate want to vote at the Estates General?
By head (population)
bonus: how was the voting usually done?
How did Czar Alexander I defeat Napoleon? (strategy)
Scorched Earth Policy
What is the 3rd main cause of the French Revolution?
Economic hardship
(bonus: what does this include?)
Which group most liked the ideas of the Enlightenment
Bourgeoisie (educated)
What did Robespierre do during the Reign of terror?
Killed 40k men and women
set up revolutionary courts
What are some of the good things Napoléon did for French Society? (3 things)
Set up public schools
Established a system of laws
Made taxes more fair
How was Napoleon able to rise to power?
He was a strong leader
What was the purpose of the Estates General?
Discuss his tax proposal
Fix France's financial crisis via taxing
Why was Storming the Bastille important?
Symbolized the beginning the revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of man focused on the idea that government must protect the rights of...
protect the rights of people
What is the main purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
To contain France and restore royal families to the thrones of Europe
At what battle was Napoleon finally defeated?
Waterloo