Early French Revolution
The ineffective governance of King Louis XVI, mass poverty, the American Revolution, inequities within this French governmental system, and enlightenment ideals started the French Revolution
What are the Estates-General
This radical political group, led by Maximilian Robespierre, gained control of the National Assembly in 1790 from the more moderate Girondons
Jacobins
This all-encompassing legal code was first introduced under Napoleon in 1801
Napoleon's winter defeat in this nation marked the beginning of the end of his second reign
What is Russia
Toussaint Le Overture, a former slave, led one of the only successful slave rebellions in history in this former French colony
What is Haiti
After being locked out of their meeting hall, members of the National Assembly swore this to begin the French Revolution
The Tennis Court Oath
This movement, led by Maximilian Robespierre, resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of political opponents of the Jacobins
The Reign of Terror
This governmental promotion system, first introduced by China, was implemented by Napoleon along with expanded educational opportunities
What is the Merit System
In 1814, this body met to redraw Europe's boundaries to what they were in 1792 and rejuvinate conservative monarchs throughout Europe. Their efforts brought a period of sustainability to Europe.
European involvement in this war in the American colonies from 1754-1763 helped lead to the American Revolution
What is the French and Indian War
This mass riot (caused by food shortages) is celebrated to this day as the start of the Revolution
Storming of the Bastille
King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antionette were executed in 1793 after attempting to do this
What is flee the country in disguise
Press censorship, a secret police, and limitations on this group stand today as black marks on Napoleon's record
What is women's rights
Napoleon implemented this blockade of British goods across the empire to defeat British economic domination across the world. It failed.
What is the Continental System
The rivalry between France and Great Britain between 1689 and 1815 became known as what
What is the Second Hundred Years War
The National Assembly passed this governing document called for free speech, representative government, and popular sovreignty
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
This Jacobin newspaper writer was assassinated in his bathtub by Girondon supporter Charlotte Corday
Jean-Paul Marat
Napoleon emphasized this industry as key to increasing both foreign trade and employment. It worked, and boomed the French economy
What is agriculture
What are the Germanic States
This conflict was caused by King Frederick the Great of Prussia preemptively invading central Europe, to prevent it from being dominated by Russia and France.
What is the Seven Years War
7,000 hungry French women decended on the Palace of Versailles in 1789 to force King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette to do this thing
Become prisoners in Paris
This more moderate member of the Committee on Public Safety was executed by Robespierre as a political opponent
Who is Georges Danton
This agreement resurrected the Catholic Church in France, recognizing Catholicism as the French official religion, but put limitations on church power, including giving Napoleon the right to appoint Bishops.
What is the Concordat of 1801
Britain and Spanish Guerrillas defeated Napoleon's attempts to conquer Spain and Portugal in this war.
What is the Peninsular War
From 1772-1797, this European country was partitioned three times due to abuses from the nobles. It would not reappear as a European nation until 1918.
What is Poland