The French Revolution Begins
The members of the Third Estate were dissatisfied with life under the Old Regime for this reason.
What is little political power
The Reign of Terror ended with this event.
This system, created by France, cut off trade between Great Britain and the other European nations.
What is the Continental System
This statesman represented Austria at the Congress of Vienna.
What is Klemens von Metternich
Merchants and bankers had difficulty operating a successful business in France prior to the Revolution for this reason.
What is high taxes
Louis XVI'a rule increased France's problems in these ways.
The National Convention decided to execute Louis XVI after the monarchy was already abolished for this reason.
What is fear of he would cause conflict later
Napoleon became dictator of France with this military move.
What is coup d'etat
Metternich believed the best way to stabilize European politics and stop the influence of democracy was to reinstate this.
What is European monarchies
This technique was used to defeat the French army in Spain during the Peninsular War.
What is Guerrilla Warfare
This was the result of the Third Estate seeing how Louis XVI treated the National Assembly and fearing for their own lives.
What is the Storming of Bastille
The Constitution of 1791 created this type of government in France.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy
This revolution caused Napoleon to sell the Louisiana territory to the United States in 1803.
What is the Saint Domingue/Haitian Revolution
These three nations created the Holy Alliance, aiming to promote Christian ideals and maintain absolute monarchies.
What is Austria, Prussia, and Russia
This Spanish colony gained its independence after Spain attempted to reassert control following the Napoleonic Wars.
What is Mexico
This was the primary reason for prices of bread being high at the start of the Revolution.
What is bad harvests
For this reason the National Assembly lost support of the peasantry.
What is taking the independence of the Catholic Church away
This agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII recognized the importance of the Church without returning it's political independence.
What is the concordat
The Concert of Europe, a series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, effectively ended a century after it started with this event.
The Congress of Vienna and the United Nations are similar in this way.
What is stopping the outbreak of war
The burning of feudal papers by the peasantry during the Great Fear was symbolic of this.
What is the end of the Old Regime
The Jacobins expected to create a "republic of virtue" by doing this.
What is destroying the Old Regime
Napoleon decided to return from his exile on Elba to reclaim power after learning of the unpopularity of this ruler.
What is Louis XVIII
Balance of power, a political situation in which no one is powerful enough to pose a threat to others, is a concept used in a current military alliance established in 1949.
This organization was led by Maximilien Robespierre that oversaw the horrors of the Reign of Terror.
What is the Committee of Public Safety