He was the leader of France when the French Revolution began:
Who is Louis XVI?
100
More so than anything else, it was this that Enlightenment philosophers should be valued more than tradition.
What is reason?
100
In general, it was this class of people that Napoleon was looking to appease
What is the middle class?
100
With Napoleon needing money for a war, he was forced to sell this to the United States?
What is Louisiana?
100
When King Louis XVI locked the doors, the third estate decided to meet here.
What is the tennis court?
200
This was the Parliament-esque body in France in which each class only had one vote.
What is the Estates General?
200
He believed that man should give up rights and submit to the will of the community.
Who is Rousseau?
200
This was an agreement between Napoleon and the Vatican to smooth over relations, necessitated after Robespierre had seized church lands and acted like Sunday no longer existed.
What is the Concordant of 1801?
200
Post-French Revolution, these became a common occurrence throughout Latin America.
What are revolutions?
200
This symbolic event is often considered the start of the French Revolution
What is the storming of the Bastille?
300
Louis XVI was considered this, since he didn't want to share power with anyone.
What is absolute monarch?
300
Like acidic water falling from the sky, this was hardly a pleasurable time in France.
What is the Reign of Terror?
300
This guaranteed rights for all male citizens. For women, not so much.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
300
The remnants of this "working" system were squashed when the French conquered Europe.
What is feudalism?
300
Her fate was sealed at the guillotine when she and her husband tried to leave the country?
Who is Marie Antoinette?
400
In 1814, this guy was brought in to run France after Napoleon had been banished.
Who is Louis XVIII?
400
Who said "If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, in revolution it is both virtue and terror: virtue without terror is fatal; terror without virtue is powerless."
Who is Robespierre?
400
It was no longer prestige, but rather this factor that determined whether you would be part of the nobility.
What is merit?
400
The consolidation of social equality, religious toleration and trial by jury in one place completely changed France for the long term.
What is the Code of Napoleon?
400
This one misstep led to the beginning of the end for Napoleon?
What is invading Russia?
500
This was the name of the French government between Robespierre and Napoleon.
What is the Directory?
500
The Committee of Public Safety was known for executing people who were not considered this.
What is radical?
500
If Napoleon invaded your country, it was expected that you would have to do these two things:
What is pay taxes and serve in the French military?
500
The leaders at the Congress of Vienna were interested in establishing this within Europe. (3-word phrase)
What is a balance of power?
500
This blockade of Europe from England was done to try and weaken the British economy?