radicals who want to end monarchy and old ways;
no social class distinctions; ALL males should vote, gov. should provide welfare of poor
jacobins
100
the radicals pressured the Legislative Assembly to depose the king and elect a new legislature called ________________, which declared France a republic and abolished the monarchy
National Convention
100
When royalists attacked THIS, Napoleon defended them and became famous
the national convention
100
After a failed expedition to Saint ______________, Napoleon decided to cut his losses in the Americas and sold the Louisiana Territry
Saint domingue
200
This gave France a uniform set of laws, but no one was allowed to write or say anything bad about Napoleon
Napoleonic Code
200
Prison in Paris that was overtaken by the Third Estate, a symbol of royal tyranny.
bastille
200
This faction outside the Legislative Assembly fled France but hoped the Old Regime would be brought back some day
Emigres
200
Army troops under Napoleon's control surrounded the government building and took power suddenly, dissolving the directory ...this is called
coup
200
Great Britain supported smugglers who broke the blockade and established a blockade of their own, more effective than that of the French -t/f?
True
300
executive government in France during the Reign of Terror.
Committee of Public Safety
300
The "enemies of the Revolution" were killed as Robespierre govered France as a dictator in THIS period
reign of terror
300
The National Assembly took over the Church's lands and declared that Church leaders had to be elected and paid as state officials -- T/F?
T
300
Napoleon pretended to be the constitutionally elected leader of a free people, so THIS was held to approve a new constitution
pebiscite
300
The British army, under the Duke of Wellington (also the Prussians) chased the French off the field for good in this village
WATERLOO
400
Agreement among the Third Estate to keep meeting until a new constitution was formed.
tennis court oath
400
This jacobin was a talented speaker for the rights of Paris' poor. He was killed for being less radical than Robespierre
danton
400
The slogan of the revolution was "liberty, equality, and _________"
fraternity (brotherhood)
400
A battle near Spain, where Nelson split the French fleet and gave Britain naval supremacy for the next 100 years.
Trafalgar
400
Burning grain fields and killing livestock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat is called
scorched-earth policy
500
Top educated members of the Third Estate who were educated in the Enlightenment and led the French Revolution.
bourgoise
500
This jacobin hoped to wipe out every trace of france's past, while leading the committee of public safety.
robespierre
500
This writer published a declaration of women's rights she was then declared an enemy of the revolution and executed
Olympe de Gouges
500
Napoleon ordered all European nations to stop trade with the British because he wanted to use economic warfare against the British.
Continental System
500
To get Portugal to accept the Continental system, he sent an invasion force through Spain. This lead to the ______ War