New Way of Thought
Movement that emphasized reason, science, and natural rights
What is the Enlightenment?
Social class that paid most of the taxes
What is the Third Estate?
Prison stormed on July 14, 1789
What is the Bastille?
Author of The Social Contract
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Island where Napoleon was born
What is Corsica?
Philosopher who believed in natural rights: life, liberty, property
Who is John Locke?
System dividing French society into three classes
What is the Estates-General?
Document stating rights of French citizens
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Queen of France executed during the Revolution
Who is Marie Antoinette?
Title Napoleon crowned himself in 1804
What is Emperor?
Idea that government power comes from the people
What is popular sovereignty?
Economic problem caused by war debt and royal spending
What is debt/financial crisis?
Period of mass executions by guillotine
What is the Reign of Terror?
Leader of the Jacobins
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Law code created by Napoleon
What is the Napoleonic Code?
Philosopher who supported separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
This person called the meeting of the Estates General in 1789
Who is Louis XVI
Revolutionary court that sent thousands to death
What is the Revolutionary Tribunal? (Created by national convention)
Military leader turned revolutionary general
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Failed invasion of this country weakened Napoleon
What is Russia?
Voltaire’s main belief about freedom
What is freedom of speech/religion?
Enlightenment idea that challenged divine right
What is natural rights/social contract?
Agreement ending the Revolution and establishing stability
What is the Constitution of 1799 (or rise of Napoleon)?
Revolutionary who led the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
Battle that ended Napoleon’s rule
What is the Battle of Waterloo?