Types of Governments
Formed when King Louis XVI was forced to swear an oath of loyalty
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
King of France during the French Revolution
What was King Louis XVI?
In order to help pay for the French wars, Napoleon sold this land to the United States for $15 million
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
How he died
What is beheading?
Betraying one's country
What is treason?
Put people in prison without a trial
What is the Law of Suspects?
Louis XVI's wife
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Napoleon declared himself this in the presence of the Pope
What was Emperor?
Result of his trial
What is sentenced to death?
The name of the oath members of the 3rd Estate made not to leave their position at the royal tennis court until King Louis XVI agreed to their demands
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Gathering of representatives that met in May and June of 1789 to discuss a new tax system
What is the Estates General?
Group of people who marched on Versailles demanding bread be sold at a fair price
Who were women?
Napoleon's first major mistake was invading this country
What was Russia?
What happened when he tried to escape from authorities
What is he was captured and brought back to Paris?
The illegal military takeover of a government
What is coup d'etat?
Formed when the 3rd Estate decided they were not being properly represented in the Estates General
What is the National Assembly?
Leader of the Jacobins
Who was Maximillian Robespierre?
1st place Napoleon was forced into exile
What was Elba?
This occurred between France and Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia when King Louis XVI was made a constitutional monarch
What was war?
Period of time where thousands of people who were suspected of anti-revolutionary activities or helping France's enemies were sent to the guillotine to be executed
What was the Reign of Terror?
Established a republic, voting rights for men, and charged King Louis XVI with treason
What is the National Convention?
The radical leading political party in France that was determined to crush any resistance to their new nation
Who were the Jacobins?
2nd place Napoleon was forced into exile
What was Saint Helena?
Name two problems Louis XVI faced as he tried to escape Paris
What were his entire family was with him, his bodyguards were in uniform, there were too many people traveling on the passport, and Louis was recognized?
The period of violence that spread throughout France when peasants rose up against their lords and destroyed their feudal documents