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The French dictator from 1799-1814, and also Emperor
Who is Napoleon?
Class that was made up 95% of the population
What is the third estate?
After the execution of Robespierre, this 5 person group took over control of France
What is the Directory?
The system that Napoleon implemented to appease the middle class, protected what had been fought for during the revolution
What is the Napoleonic Code?
The oath that was taken by the National Assembly that declared that they would not stop fighting until they had a constitutional monarchy
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
King of France during the revolution and was executed
Who is King Louis XVI?
Class that was made up of nobles and royals
What is the second estate?
The name that the third estate gave themselves during the beginning of the revolution
What is the National Assembly?
The system used to blockade British imports that was forced upon the rest of Europe
What is the Continental System?
Period of time where republican beliefs were enforced by the National Convention and arrested and executed people that interfered with the progress of the revolution
Spokesman for the revolution and led a section of the Jacobin Club
Who is Robespierre?
Class that was made up of the clergy
What is the first estate?
What is the National Convention?
Period of time where Napoleon escaped and came back to rule France
What is the Hundred Days?
This piece of literature was published at the beginning of the French Revolution, and stated that "liberty consists in being able to do anything that does not harm another person"
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
Woman that was executed for her beliefs that women should have the same rights as men
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
Educated commoners
What is the bourgeoisie?
The group that was lead by Robespierre and executed King Louis XVI
The name given to Prussia, Russia, Great Britain, and Austria when they join together to take down Napoleon
What is the Quadruple Alliance?
The agreement that Austria and Prussia created to restore Louis XVI to the throne
What is the Declaration of Pillnitz?
Man who wrote "Reflections on the Revolution in France" which argued that privileges are essential to social stability
Who is Edmund Burke?
Group that helped Mountain take over the Girondists
What are the sans-culottes?
The group that's members were radical reformers dedicated to protecting the revolution from other countries
What is the Jacobin Club?
The treaty that was signed between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that brought Catholicism back to France, but gave Napoleon significant power over the church
What is the Concordat of 1801?
A reaction to the violence of the Reign of Terror that resulted in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls and return to representative values
What is the Thermidorian reaction?