People
King of France during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI
Machine designed during the Revolution to behead people
Guillotine
Group responsible for the “Reign of Terror”: The Committee of __________________
Public Safety
Napoleon carried out a coup d'état to get power? What does that mean?
Seizure of Power/Military take over
The feudal system in use in France in the 1770’s, called the ______________________, had been in use since the Middle Ages.
Old Regime
Led the Reign of Terror in France
Maximilien Robespierre
French word for middle class
Bourgeoisie
The name of the prison that revolutionaries stormed
The Bastille
Battle that was lost by France which ensured British naval superiority
Battle of Trafalgar
Sold to the U.S. by France for 15 million $ in 1803
Louisiana Territory/Louisiana Purchase
French military general who became dictator
Napoleon Bonaparte
Widespread panic throughout France during the Revolution
The Great Fear
Year the Revolution Began
1789
A forced closing of ports is known as a
Blockade
Main goal of the Congress of Vienna
Create a Balance of Power in Europe
Wife of Louis XIV
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon’s Last Stand-Battle took place in this city in Belgium
Waterloo
Nobles who left France during the Revolution because they wanted the Old Regime back
Émigrés
What was Napoleon’s biggest mistake that led to his downfall?
Invasion of Russia
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their what?
Social Class
Led a Revolution in Haiti in the 1790’s
Toussaint L’Overture
Government-run public schools to train officials
Lycees
Slogan of the Revolution
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Island Napoleon was exiled to where he eventually died
St. Helena
Proclaimed that the government rested on the consent of the people, not on the divine right of the king.
Declaration of the Rights of Man