French Revolution I
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety and dictator during the Reign of Terror.
Who was Robespierre?
This was the assembly that King Louis XVI needed to call in order to raise taxes on the people of France.
What is the Estates General?
Napoleon came to power through this action.
What was a coups d'etat?
When Napoleon returned from Egypt, he was invited by Saiyes to participate in one of these.
What is a Coup d'Etat
The phrase “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” that appears in the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen" is modelled after this.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This act by the Parisian mob was the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
Under Napoleon’s rule, this comprehensive legal code was introduced, establishing reforms in civil law.
What is the Napoleonic Code (or Code Napoléon)?
This was result of Napoleon's coup.
How did Napoleon gain power?
He was the last Bourbon leader to rule France by divine right.
Who was Louis XVI?
They were the dominant political party in France at the time of Reign of Terror.
What were the Jacobins?
In his first campaign as general Napoleon's army defeated these combined armies in northern Italy.
What Austria and the Piedmont?
Napoleon created this to modernize and standardize French law
What is the Code Napoleon?
The National Assembly of France did this to the Feudal System.
What is abolishing the Feudal System in France?
Marie Antoinette was executed by this means.
What was the Guillotine?
After success against the Austrians and the Piedmontese, Napoleon decided to go here next.
What was Egypt?
Napoleon held a National plebiscite for this reason.
What is becoming First Consul for Life?
These were the rallying cries of the French revolutionaries.
What is liberte, egalite and fraternite?
This political system, established after the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution, was based on the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.
What is the French Republic?
Although Napoleon's conquest of Egypt yielded important archeological discoveries, in the end it was this.
What was a failure?
What Napoleon did after the poor harvest of 1801.
What was soup kitchens and charities?