Build Up I
Name two types of bourgeoise jobs
Educators, bankers, merchants, lawyers, doctors
Two reasons for heavy amount of debt
Royal spending, debt from wars, American Revolution, no taxes paid by 1st & 2nd Estate
What percent of people executed were 3rd Estate?
85%
When Napoleon took over, what did he name himself?
Emperor
Name of the meeting between French reps and King Louis
Estates' General
How did bread contribute to the French people's frustration?
Too expensive, scarce (not enough), famine
Who was in the 1st and 2nd Estate?
1st = Clergy (religious officials)
2nd = Nobles
What did the royal family try to do that truly destroyed the monarchy?
Escape to Austria
The legend has it, Napoleon never what?
Lost a battle
The way Napoleon conquered, took over the French government
Coup d'etat
25%
Peasants destroying legal papers, freeing them from nobles' control
Great Fear
Why was Robespierre executed?
Other leaders were worried about being on his list
The first time Napoleon became well-known in France
He defended the government from royalists
New name of the 3rd estate after the Tennis Court Oath
National Convention
Enlightenment ideas led French people to question what type of _________ existed between them and the government.
Social contract
What was the mistake made by people storming the Bastille?
It was a prison, did not have a large amount of weapons
The Law of Pairial allowed people to put in prison without what?
A trial
Name two benefits France received due to Napoleon's reign.
Better roads, sewer system, freedom of religion, no more nobility, free access to schools, fair taxes
Type of government the National Assembly created
Republic
Due process
Which Enlightenment philosopher's idea inspired the French people to overthrow the government
Locke
What did Marie Antionette say as she walked up the steps to the guillotine?
Sorry
Name either final battle mentioned between Napoleon and Britain (that we both won...). Spelling doesn't count.
Waterloo, Trafalgar
Extremist group that ran Committee of Public Safety, led by Robespierre
Jacobins