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Absolutism
Enlightenment
French Revoluton
French Revolution II
Napoleonic Era
100
The Sun King of France
Who is Louis XIV?
100
Pen name of anti-Christian French philosphe and writer who fought for freedom of speech and religion
Who is Voltaire?
100
The king during the outbreak of the revolution
Who is King Louis XVI?
100
Invention to ease the pain of execution
What is the guillotine?
100
Year that Napoleon came to power
When is 1804?
200
Palace built by Leopold I to match the prestige of Versaille
What is Schonbrunn?
200
Wrote the Encyclopedie
Who is Denis Diderot?
200
well-liked financial wizard fired twice by Louis XVI
Who is Jacques Necker?
200
Leader of the revolution, head of the committee of public safety, executed later on in the revolution
Who is Robespierre?
200
Coalition that defeated Napoleon after his invasion of Russia
What is the Sixth Coalition?
300
Successor of Charles VI; fought against Prussia for Silenia and Saxony
Who is Maria Theresa?
300
advocated separation of powers (checks and balances)
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
medieval prison in France that was stormed by citizens who were looking for weapons to defend themselves against the monarchy
What is the Bastille?
300
Radical party that incline the Montagnard
Who are the Jacobins?
300
Battle in which Napoleon was finally defeated
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
400
Battle that marked the decline of the Swedish kingdom and a victory for the Russian regime.
What is the Battle of Poltava?
400
Wrote the "Social Contract" and believed that the government owed its power to the people
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
400
asked "What is the Third Estate"
Who is Emmanuel Sieyes?
400
The duchy whose leader threatened war if the French harmed King Louis XVI
What is the Duchy of Brunswick?
400
Two islands to which Napoleon was exiled
What are Elba and St. Helena?
500
Advisor to the successor of the Sun King, who took control of France until his death (name of advisor and successor
Who were Cardinal Fleury and Louis XV?
500
Enlightenment writers propagandized for this
What are new scientific discoveries?
500
oath taken by the Third Estate, which formed into this
What is the Tennis Court Oath? What is the National Assembly?
500
How far Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette got in their escape attempt
What is Varennes?
500
Also known as the battle of the nations, Tsar Alexander I of Russia led the coalition army against the French, the largest battle in Europe before WWI
What is the Battle of Leipzig?