Causes of the Revolution
The absolute monarch of France who ruled from 1774 and was later executed during the Revolution.
Who was King Louis XVI?
The Queen of France that was put to death due to her corruption.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Five directors established by the Constitution.
What is The Directory?
The country Napoleon invaded in1812 that ended in a massive defeat due to the countries extreme cold and size.
What is Russia?
Name for the machine The Revolution used to execute their enemies.
What is the guillotine?
These two groups of people were not required to pay taxes.
Who were the First and Second Estates?
The political party leading the Revolutionary Government during The Terror.
Who were the Jacobins?
Two major problems for the Directory.
What are food shortages, government runninng out of money, French armies badly defeated in Italy?
The religious leader that officially recognized Napoleon as the Emperor of France in 1804.
Who was The Pope?
They feared that revolutionary ideas would spread to their countries and threaten their thrones.
Who are the other monarchs of Europe?
the bourgeoisie, wage earners, and peasantry, making up 97% of the population.
What is the 3rd Estate
A revolutionary trial meant to try enemies of the revolution quickly and with limited evidence.
What is a tribunal?
Document that proclaimed that men are born free and equal in rights, emphasizing liberty, property, and resistance to oppression.
What is The Decleration of the Rights of Man?
The large sale of land Napoleon sold to the Americans to pay off France's war debt.
What is The Louisiana Purchase?
The French Monarch who takes takes control of France after Napoleon.
Who is King Louis XVIII?
A pledge made by the members of the National Assembly not to leave until they had created a new constitution for France.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
Leader of the Jacobins, Lawyer, revolutionary in charge of the Committee of Public Safety.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The major foreign threat to France during the revolution.
Who is Austria?
The battle where Napoleon was finally defeated for good in 1815 by the British.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
The meeting of European diplomats that was a meant to stop one person from taking over Europe.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
A gathering of representatives from all three estates in France, which had not met since 1614.
What is the Estates General?
12 people who watched over the government and defend the revolution against internal and external enemies.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
Established France's Republic in 1791 and abolished the monarchy.
What is The National Convention?
Legal equality for all citizens, abolished feudal privileges, and guaranteed religious freedom
What are the Napoleonic Codes?
The system of the governing were landlords control all of the land and the peasants that live on those lands.
What is feudalism?