Vocabulary
The middle class in France.
What was the bourgeoisie
Who were the Jacobins?
Immediately after the Revolution, this institution was banned.
What was the Church?
This country burned farms and crops to defeat Napoleon as he invaded.
What is Russia?
The white of the French flag represents this group.
What is the House of Bourbon?
This was the more moderate radical group during the Revolution.
Who were the Girondists?
The women's march forced these two people from Versailles into Paris.
Who were Louis XVI (16th) and Marie Antoinette?
This estate declared themselves the National Assembly.
Who was the Third Estate?
The Napoleonic Code did not benefit this group.
Who were women?
This person was in charge during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
These surprise attacks were used against Napoleon by the Spanish and Portuguese.
What is guerrilla warfare?
These groups did not pay taxes, leading to social inequality and chaos leading up to the Revolution.
Who were the First and Second Estates?
This location was stormed by the people of Paris for guns and gunpowder.
What was the Bastille?
Napoleon was decisively defeated in this battle of 1815.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
These people were among the 40,000 victims of the Reign of Terror.
Who were those who disagreed with the Jacobins and Robespierre?
Napoleon replaced this government in a coup d'etat.
What was the Directory?
Who is Mary Wollenstonecraft?
This document stated that all people would have equal rights.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Napoleon invaded Russia because he was afraid they would ally with this nation.
Who is Great Britain?
Marie Antoinette is known for saying this phrase (which she didn't really say).
What is "let them eat cake?"
The Continental System blocked trade to and from this country.
What is Great Britain?
These people were afraid the Revolution would inspire their own people to overthrow them.
Who were European monarchs?
Rising costs of this material led to a crisis in France in 1793.
What is food?
Napoleon lost this war against Spain and Portugal, making this military error one of his main mistakes.
What was the Peninsular War?
This group was angry at Napoleon's Continental System, as it lost them money.
Who were French merchants?