The Estates System
What was the name for the three social classes in France before the Revolution?
What are the Estates?
What economic practice caused France’s debt to grow before the Revolution?
What is deficit spending?
What event on July 14, 1789, marked the start of the French Revolution?
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
What position did Napoleon hold after overthrowing the Directory?
What is First Consul?
What was the purpose of Napoleon’s Continental System?
What is to weaken Britain economically?
Who made up the First Estate?
Who are the clergy?
What was a major reason for France’s financial troubles in the late 1700s?
What are costly wars?
What oath did the Third Estate take after being locked out of their meeting hall?
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
What legal system did Napoleon introduce to promote equality and order?
What is the Napoleonic Code?
What country did Napoleon unsuccessfully invade in 1812?
What is Russia?
Which Estate paid the majority of taxes?
What is the Third Estate?
What event did King Louis XVI call in 1789 to discuss France’s finances?
What is the Estates-General?
The Storming of the Bastille symbolized the collapse of what?
What is royal tyranny?
In the Concordat of 1801, Napoleon made peace with which institution?
What is the Catholic Church?
What tactic did the Russians use to weaken Napoleon’s army?
What is the scorched-earth policy?
Name one privilege the First and Second Estates had over the Third Estate.
What is exemption from taxes?
What crisis raised bread prices and caused widespread hunger?
What is poor harvests?
What document declared “all men are born free and equal in rights”?
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
What military success helped Napoleon gain fame before rising to power?
What are victories in northern Italy?
What battle marked Napoleon’s final defeat in 1815?
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
Which group within the Third Estate included merchants and professionals?
Who are the bourgeoisie?
What did the Third Estate demand during the Tennis Court Oath?
What is a constitution?
What government replaced the monarchy during the moderate phase of the Revolution?
What is the National Assembly?
What kind of vote did Napoleon use to gain support for his leadership?
What is a plebiscite?
After his defeat at Waterloo, where was Napoleon exiled?
What is St. Helena?