Napoleon
Bonaparte
Bonaparte
A dictator who was in charge of France at the end of French Revolution.
Napoleon.
Who became leader of the radical wing of the revolutionary government? He was also the leader of the Committtee of Public Safety after Danton.
Maximilien Robespierre
An attempt to overthrow the current government.
coup d'etat.
What was the rallying cry of the French Revolution?
Liberty, equality, and fraternity
These three philosophers inspired the French Revolution.
Who is John Locke, Jean Rousseau, and Montesquieu.
Whom should the government protect, according to Robespierre?
Ms. Zuck's middle name
Nicole
Who was most affected by the Napoleonic Codes?
Women
The most significant cause of the French Revolution.
economic and social inequality.
The radical Jacobin leader during the Reign of Terror.
Maximilian de Robespierre
This is the time period in French history that covered the overthrow of the French monarchy, the adoption of three constitutions, and the Reign of Terror. It lasted from 1789-1799.
What is the French Revolution?
The Purpose of the Reign of Terror was ____________.
What is to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders?
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman was similar to and inspired by .....
The Declaration of the Rights of Man.
How did Napoleon come to power?
Coup d'etat
"Terror is the Order of the Day"-Maxiemilien Robespierre
What method did he use to instill fear?
The Guillotine
What is the Declaration or Rights of Man?
Named after the place where the 3rd Estate met to write a new Constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath.
How did France change under the National Assembly?
What is France became a Republic.
What is a republic?
a government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
What name did Napoleon crown himself?
Emperor
The principles of the American Revolution and the French Revolution are similar in many ways.
What type of government did they both favor?
representative government
What is one way that the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was similar to the Declaration of Independence?
affirmed the function of government was to protect individual rights
French Revolution of 1789 stood for this.
What is the idea of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
The purpose of drafting a constitution in France.
What is to limit the power of the monarch.
What two countries threatened French Revolutionaries in 1792 and 1793?
The outside threat was the invasion of 80,000 Prussian and Austrian soldiers.
Napolean's 3 Big Mistakes
(Battles, economic policies)
1. Continental System
2. Battle of Waterloo
3. Invasion of Russia
Why did the Members of the National Assembly storm the Bastille? 2 part question
Show they could challenge the Monarchy and get weapons
Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on who?
Commoners, 3rd estate
Who wrote these words "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . . ."
Who is Thomas Jefferson
the name of the group that was responsible for the Reign of Terror.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
The National Legislative Assembly had two houses. Name them and list their functions.