Vive la révolution! (French Revolution)
Vocab Words
Napoleon's "Haters"
Enlightenment Ideas
Revolutions of the 1800s
100
Prior to the French Revolution, 75-80% of the population was in what estate?
What is third estate?
100

Intellectual movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century, art stressed feelings, emotion, and imagination.

What is "romanticism?"

100
The country that was the target of the Continental System. (Blockade)
What is Great Britain?
100

Coined by Baron de Montesquieu, had the idea of government where power is not consolidated all in one place, but rather spread throughout multiple branches of government.

What is separation of powers?

100

This country started yet another revolution after the middle class wanted the right to vote.

What is France?

200
The name of the device that killed 16,000 people during the French Revolution.

What is the guillotine?

200

Form of government where voters elect officials to represent their political interests in government, rather than participate directly in government.

What is "republicanism"?

200

The country that lured Napoleon's army into their country, and burned everything along the way. (Scorched-Earth policy)

What is Russia?

200

This person inspired the Enlightenment the most, thanks to his "World Machine" and his universal law of gravitation.

Who is Issac Newton?

200

This country's unification started after the failures of 1848's revolution, and Camillo di Cavour raising an army to wage war against Austria.

What is Italy?

300

The name of the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. (And later the Reign of Terror.)

Who is Maximilien Robespierre?

300

The right to vote.

What is "suffrage?"

300
The country that Napoleon fought against in the Peninsular War. (Which Spain played a huge role in.)

What is Portugal?

300

Made by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, it's the concept that society agrees to governed by its general will, and that people form the foundation of the government.

What is social contract?

300

This country originally a colony of France, started a revolution thanks to the poor, brutal, and abusive treatment of the enslaved on the island. They were originally led by a man named Toussaint-Louverture.

What is Haiti?

400

The name of the document that the National Assembly adopted, that gave citizens "the natural and imprescriptible rights of men."

What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

400

Loyalty to one nation above others and placing an emphasis on promoting its culture, values, and interests.

What is "nationalism?"

400

The empire whose capital was Istanbul (It's Constantinople now) and had control over the "silk road."

What is the Ottoman Empire?

400

Made by Adam Smith and the Physiocrats, it is the idea that the government should not impose government regulations when it comes to the economy, the "invisible hand" would steer the economy instead.

What is laissez-faire?

400

Otto von Bismark used "realpolitik" alongside King William I to unite every state under the Prussian flag. They later renamed their country to this.

What is Germany?

500
The name of the leader that eventually ended the era of the French Revolution.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

500

A political philosophy based on Enlightenment principles, holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint and that the basic rights of all people should be protected.

What is "liberalism?"

500

The country where Ikea originated from.

What is Sweden?

500

Coined by Voltaire, promoted this concept which was religious philosophy based on reason and natural law. ("God" created the universe but left it alone.)

What is deism?

500

Originally led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the mestizos and indigenous people fought against the Spanish to overthrow their government. This country would declare its independence in 1821.

What is Mexico?