French Revolution 1
The number of estates in the Old Regime
What is 3?
Country that France declared war against because they wanted the monarchy to be put back in France
What is Austria?
Period of time that followed after the execution of Maximilien Robespierre
What is the Thermidorian Reaction?
Became Emperor of France via coup d'etat
Who is Napoleon?
Napoleon was banished to these islands, one of which he escaped
What is Elba and St. Helena?
French Revolution slogan
What is liberty, equality, fraternity?
The leader of the Jacobins and the Mountain during the Reign of Terror
What is Maximilian de Robespierre?
French government set up after the Reign of Terror
What is the Directory?
Battle in which Napoleon lost his entire fleet in Egypt
What is the Battle of the Nile?
Rule of law that Napoleon created
What is the Napoleonic code?.
Name an issue that was a significant cause of the French Revolution
What are high taxes/social inequality/enlightenment ideals?
Overthrow of the current government
What is a coup d'etat?
Powerful nobleman who knew Napoleon and was a member of the Directory when it was established
What is Paul de Barras?
What is consulate government (Three Consuls)?
Austrian Foreign Minister present at the Congress of Vienna
What is Prince Klemens von Metternich?
Name given to the French document establishing rights for all MEN in France
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
One of the leaders of the Mountain and would be executed during the Reign of Terror
What is Georges-Jacques Danton?
Event that put Napoleon on the French government's radar
What is 13 Vendémiaire (revolt of the royalists)?
One of the three things that led to Napoleon's downfall - France's blockade of Great Britain, lead to the war of 1812
What is the continental system?
Battle in which Napoleon was defeated for the final time
What is Battle of Waterloo?
Reason the French people stormed the Bastille
What is to get ammunition/weapons?
Group created with the intention of keeping the people safe but its power was quickly abused with the Reign of Terror
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
Former member of the clergy who had left politics but comes back, part of the Directory, and helps plan the coup that puts Napoleon in power
What is Abbe Sieyes?
Included mainland France, dependent states, and allied states, created by Napoleon
What is the Grand Empire?
Prevent future French aggression, restore Europe's royal families back on their thrones, and restore a balance of power
What is the Congress of Vienna?