Ancien Regime
This French king called the first meeting of the Estates General since 1614
Louis XIV
The Bastille
This group of left-wing radicals gained power over French society after her European neighbors invaded
The Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon attended this sort of school at Brienne-le-Chateau
Military school
The samurai and warriors ran Japan under the ______________ system
Bakuhan
The vast majority of French citizens, including many wealthy citizens, were in the powerless ___________ Estate
Third
This Oath (hint: the Williams sisters and Roger Federer) marked the formation of the National Assembly by the peasants and bourgeoise
Tennis Court Oath
This Jacobean radical orchestrated much of the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon rose to this rank in the French Revolutionary army
This Austrian scientist developed the laws of segregation and independent assortment
Gregor Mendel
What civic duty fell almost entirely on the Third Estate?
Paying taxes
What two criteria did a French citizen need to vote under the first French constitution?
Adult male
25,000
This country fought against Napoleon from 1803 to 1806, but never joined the Third Coalition
Great Britain
These ships were often ripe for attack by pirates, carrying valuable cargo while being poorly guarded
Slave ships
Louis XIV sunk France further into debt by funding this foreign war (hint: foreign means the French themselves didn't have their name in the war's name)
American Revolution
How did France's neighbors respond to the fall of the Ancien Regime?
They declared war on France
Robespierre was executed in this device, which poetically had been the device that he used to execute many others.
Guillotine.
This British naval commander foiled Napoleon's only chance to invade Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson
Adam Smith promoted this economic policy to break the control of monopolist "mercantile" interests
Free trade
This word refers to the 12 to 15 days of unpaid labor peasants had to work for the state each year.
Corvée
The new French calendar measured years in terms of the French Revolution instead of this religious event
The birth of Jesus
In what year did the National Directory take over? (They ruled until 1799)
1795
Napoleon's final defeat came in this small town in Belgium
Waterloo
This style of art contains vivid, bombastic imagery, reflecting the passionate and intense ideals of Louis XIV of France
Baroque art