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The military and political ruler of france
Who is Napoleon?
100
A war that was produced based off of the austrians and prussians threat to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power
What is the War with Austria?
100
To defend France from threats
What is the job of the Committee of Public Safety?
100
ordinary patriots with fine clothes
What is sans-culottes?
100
the survival of great britain and the force of nationalism
What are the two major reasons for the collapse of Napoleon's Grand Empire?
200
Thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and captured him and his family
Why was Louis XVI forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because?
200
A parisian mob of some 8,000 men and women in search of weapons streamed toward the bastille,armory filled with arms and ammunition
What is the Fall of Bastille?
200
As of June 17,1789, composed from 3 orders of French society known as the Estates General
What is the National Assembly?
200
Island off the coast of Tuscany, where Napoleon was first exiled
What is Elba?
200
the oath that was sworn between deputies of the Third Estate that would make sure there were meetings to produce a french constitution
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
300
Working, fighting for rights,marching in versailles,Society of Revolutionary Republic Women,and defending the new french republic.
What is the role of women in the french revolution?
300
site of Napoleon's final defeat
What is Waterloo?
300
France's chief tax
What is taille?
300
It preserved most of the rigths of the people gained by the revolution
What is the Napoleonic Code?
300
Directory
Who did Napoleon's coup d'etat overthrow to establish his consulate?
400
head of the Committee for Public Safety
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
400
The Duke of Wellington
Who defeated Napolean in his final battle?
400
lawmaking body established by the constitution of 1791
What is the Legislative Assembly?
400
Versailles
Where was the meeting of Estates-General at on May 5,1789?
400
The French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states
What were the 3 important parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire?
500
demanded equal political rights for women from the new French National Assembly
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
500
The russians burned down moscow,lacking food Napoleon began the retreat
What was the strategy used by Russia to defeat Napoleon's Grand Army?
500
A large network of political groups throughout France
What is Jacobin Club?
500
radical political group made up of the sans-culottes
What is the Paris Commune?
500
to attempt a new order that reflected its belief in reason
What is the reason for the National Convention ordering the building of several new libraries and universities ,even though the treasury was empty?