French Rev Causes
This was the "estate" with the second largest population in France.
What is the 2nd Estate?
This was the method of Louis XVI's execution, and many others.
What was the guillotine?
This was Napoleon's most famous domestic achievement.
What was the Civil Code?
France used this system to control Vietnam, by installing their own officials in charge.
What is direct rule?
This took place on June 20th, 1789, and was caused by locked doors.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
The meeting of the Estates General in 1789, was the first such meeting since this year.
What is 1614?
This was the approximate number of executions during the Reign of Terror.
What was 40,000?
Napoleon sold this to America for $15million to raise much needed money.
What was Louisiana?
The Dutch East Indian Company used this kind of imperial control, in which local rulers kept authority and status.
What is indirect rule?
Napoleon's final defeat was at Waterloo in this country.
What is Belgium?
Out of frustration with the system, the Third Estate declared themselves this, and pledged to draft a constitution.
What is National Assembly?
The Jacobins were actually a faction of this larger group of Paris radicals.
What was the mountain?
Napoleon became a hero in France after his first successful military campaign in Northern _______.
What is Italy?
This term refers to the idea of fitter nations "surviving" over weaker ones.
What is Social Darwinism?
This is the sense of unique identity of a people based on common language, religioun, and national symbols.
What is nationalism?
The Storming of the Bastille happened during this time period of the Revolution, during which the citizens were anxious about the possibility of foreign interference.
What was the Great Fear?
Robespierre's original role was as the leader of this department.
What was the Committee of Public Safety?
The Napoleonic Empire reached its height in control of land during this year.
What is 1812?
The division of Africa during the Berlin Conference became known as the _________ for Africa (hint: no eggs involved).
What is scramble?
He wrote an influential radical newspaper during the French Revolution known as Friend of the People.
Who was Jean Paul Marat?
This was the name of the document passed in 1789 which laid out a charter of basic liberties.
What was Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
The coup d'etat in 1799 ovethrew this short-lived leadership structure in France.
What was the Directory?
Napoleon was twice exiled, and these were the names of the two islands.
What was Elba and St. Helena?
This was the main difference between New Imperialism in the 19th century, and earlier imperialism in the age of exploration.
What is Europeans countries wanted total control?
This describes the Russian war tactic of burning their countryside during retreat.
What is scorched earth policy?