🇫🇷 French Revolution & Napoleon

What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaim?

An end to aristocratic privileges and the estate system, making people more equal.

What caused social unrest in France before the Revolution?

The nobility treated peasants unfairly because of the estate system.

What happened to King Louis XVI and his family during the French Revolution?

They were beheaded during the Reign of Terror.

What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime?

All of these — fairer tax code, public schools, and a comprehensive system of laws.

What was an immediate cause of the French Revolution?

Poverty and a bad economy.

Under the Old Regime, which estate paid the most taxes?

The Third Estate (common people).

Which document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man.

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

No one.

What caused the collapse of Napoleon’s Grand Empire?

The drain of Napoleon’s many wars.

What was the goal of the Congress of Vienna after Napoleon’s defeat?

To restore European monarchs to power.

Did Napoleon continue the democratic values of the French Revolution?

Napoleon both continued and limited democratic values. He spread revolutionary ideas across Europe and kept equality before the law through the Napoleonic Code. However, he took power through a coup, controlled elections, and limited political participation and freedom of speech. While some revolutionary ideals survived, true democracy did not.