Old Regime
1% of people owned 10% of the land
What is the First Estate (Clergy)?
Took over the Church lands and declared that Church officials and priests were to be paid and elected as state officials
What is the National Assembly?
This time period inspired the Third Estate for it's ideas
What is Enlightenment?
This device was used to execute the leader of the Reign of Terror, the "enemies," King Louis XVI
What is a guillotine?
It can be argued that Napoleon's downfall was a result of this
What is ambition/desire for power?
2% of people owned 25% of the land
What is the Second Estate?
Split into three groups (Radicals, Moderates, Conservatives). Had the power to create laws and to approve/reject declarations of war.
What is the Legislative Assembly?
The slogan of the Revolution
What is "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"?
The leader of the Reign of Terror, can be perceived as a dictator
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Napoleon came into power via this
What is a coup d'etat?
97% of people owned 65% of the land
What is the Third Estate?
What is the National Convention?
Who are women?
The main "enemies of the Revolution" who challenged Robespierre's leadership
Who are Radicals?
A law system that upheld many principles of the Revolution and made French law uniform across the country
What is the Napoleonic Code?
An assembly of representatives from all three estates
What is the Estates General?
A two-house legislature and executive body of five men.
What is the Directory?
Napoleon tried to create this in order to destroy Britain's economy
What is a naval blockade?
The Revolution was supposed to benefit them the most, but 85% of deaths during the Reign of Terror came from this group
What is the Third Estate (middle class or peasants)?
This advantage of Russia prevented Napoleon and his soldiers from invading them
What is geography/geograpical location?
The rulers of France during the Old Regime
Who are Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette?
The government of France from 1799 to 1804, and established when Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directory in the Coup of 18 Brumaire
What is the Consulate?
Who are Jacobins?
A lawyer of the Jacobin community, was executed on the suspicion of being an enemy
Who is Georges Danton?
Europe banished Napoleon to this island, where he would later die
What is St. Helena?