Three Estates
This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property
What is the Napoleonic Code - or Civil Code
To defend France from domestic threats, they adopted policies that became known as this.
Reign of Terror
Where was Napoleon originally from?
Corsica
The march out of Russia became knows as what?
The Great Retreat
Made up the second Estate with a population of 350,000 and 25% of land ownership
What are Nobles
Most common way of execution during the radical stages of the revolution
What is guillotine
What was the first place that Napoleon was sent in exile?
Elba
Working men who didn't wear short pants (Common Soldiers or the revolution)
Who were the sans-culotte
What is the second place that Napoleon was sent in exile?
St. Helena
Which estate bore the heaviest tax burden? Which group bore the lightest, if any at all?
What is the third and the Second
This person became king after Napoleon was exiled.
Louis XVIII
This is face behind the absolute monarchy of France.
Louis XVI
This new government was set up in 1799 after the fall of the Directory
Consulate
What term means the "military overthrow of a government"?
Coup D'etat
What "system" had Russia failed to follow that caused Napoleon to want to punish them?
Continental System
This group off merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate (Middle/ Working Class)
What is Bourgeosie
Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution - Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is Declaration of the Rights of Men
This person led the combined Prussian/ British Army against The French. He would defeat Napoleon and be a direct cause of his second exile.
The Duke of Wellington
Who was/is known as the "child" of the revolution?
Napoleon