French Revolution1
What was the name the government of France prior to the French Revolution
Estates General
Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly to which estate?
3rd
The main way people were killed during the French Revolution
Where Napoleon was born
Corsica
Who took the major leadership role at the meeting after Napoleon's exile
Metternick
Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?
Louis XVI
A philosophy in Europe that stated that men have every right to overthrow a government if it is not protecting its people.
Enlightenment
The military take over of a government
coup d'etat
The admiral Napoleon fought in Egypt
Horatio Nelson
When Napoleon tried to get Portugal to accept his trade policy, he began what war
Peninsular
What war incited the French people to begin their own revolution?
America's Revolutionary War
The philosopher who had a huge impact on the Americans and the Frenchmen because he stated that all people are born free and equal and have the rights of life, liberty and property
John Locke
The leder of the Reign of Terror
Robespierre
Napoleon's comprehensive system of laws
Napoleonic code
The major European powers met here to decide the fate of post-Napoleonic Europe
Congres of Vienna
Specific date of the beginning of the 'French Revolution
July 14, 1789
The French document that gave men the freedoms of life and liberty
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The third estate met here in June 1789 to demand a new constitution
Tennis court (Oath)
The land Napoleon sold to America
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon's last battle
Waterloo
The first two estates consisted of
Clergy and nobles
Nobles who had fled France but returned because they wanted to restore the old monarchy
emigres
The government that Napoleon seized and took over in France
Directory
Napoleon's attempt to defeat Britain by prohibiting trade
Continental System
Napoleon's worst mistake--and when it happened
marching into Russia in 1812