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Napoleon
100
He was "Well-Beloved"
What is Louis XV
100
Made up 2% of France
What is the 2nd Estate
100
When peasants attacked manors and monasteries, burning and destroying feudal documents and rent records
What is The Great Fear
100
Liberte', Egalite', Fraternite'
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man
100
The kind of rule Napoleon held
What is dictator
200
The ruling family of France's name
What is the Bourbons
200
Lawyers, doctors and merchants made up this estate
What is the 3rd Estate
200
Educated group that paid taxes
What is the bourgeoisie
200
Created a three branch government, with limits on the King's power
What is the Constitution of 1791
200
The way Napoleon took power
What is a coup d'etat?
300
The era of absolutist rule in France
What is the Old Regime
300
They formed the National Assembly
What is the Third Estate
300
They formed the National Assembly in anger at King Louis XVI for unfair taxation
What is the Third Estate
300
Radical group that executed Louis XVI
What is the Commune
300
Napoleon claimed he picked up the crown of France with this
What is his sword
400
Louis XVI's inability to do this showed his weak leadership
What is tax the 1st and 2nd Estates
400
They justified their position by saying they were God's representatives on earth
What is clergy
400
They were the only group whose sons could hold positions in government
What is the nobles?
400
When anarchy took over France
What is the Reign of Terror
400
Napoleon claimed he was creating this in his leadership of France
What is a republic
500
When Louis XVI and his wife were arrested French troops sang this song which became France's national anthem
What is La Marseilles
500
Some of them actually switched onto the side of the Revolution in sympathy with peasants
What is the 2nd Estate
500
A drought and higher food prices led the nobles to increase this, upsetting the peasants
What is rents
500
Social class of the leader of the Reign of Terror
What is the bourgeoisie
500
Island on which Napoleon was born
What is Corsica