Estates
Names of estates?
1st, 2nd, 3rd
What war did France involve itself in?
American Revolution
What did Jacobins want?
Gov't Change
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
brave Military fighter , got land back , became the new Leader
Lycees
schools
Who is in the 1st estate?
King - church
What was King Louis XVI nickname?
The Sun King
Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
radical in charge of the Jacobins
What was the Napoleonic Code?
Set of laws for the people
Napoleonic Code
A list of laws and changes Napoleon made.
Who is in the 2nd estate?
noble people
What was King Louis XVI known for?
Spending that $$$
What happened during the Reign of Terror?
heads everywhere
Examples of the Napoleonic Code? (3)
1. Public education system - schools for all
2. Tax system fixed
3. Started Religious freedom
4. Established equal rights on speech and religion
Tennis Court Oath
made by the 3rd Estate pre-revolution
Who is in the 3rd estate?
Bougie - doctors, nurses, laweyers Proleteriats - peasant , farmers
What did it mean when Queen Marie Antoinette said "let them eat cake"
insensitivity
What was the Committee of Public Safety?
Made by Robespierre to weed out traitors.
How did Napoleon fall from grace?
got greedy , more land more land , lost - got kicked out
The Continental System
A block designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European Ports to British goods, ultimately unsuccessful.
?Who paid all the taxes?
3rd Estate
What grand building was built that probably shouldn't have been?
VersAilles
What did French Radicals want and why were they mad?
To get rid of the King because he spent too much money.
What did Napoleon do for religion?
Freedom!
Emigres
Nobles, clergy and others who fled France.