Unit 10 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION/NAPOLEON

After the Third Estate walked out of the Estates General demanding voting by head, delegates proclaimed themselves which body tasked with writing France's constitution?

National Constituent Assembly

What prison fortress did Parisians storm on 14 July 1789 to thwart royal troops and guard the Assembly?

The Bastille

Name the set of decrees in which nobles gave up feudal rights like serfdom and tithes in 1789.

The August Decrees

What 1789 declaration, influenced by American political thought and Rousseau, defined natural rights including liberty and resistance to oppression?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Which 1790 law required Catholic clergy to swear allegiance to the state, splitting the French Church?

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

What form of paper money, backed by confiscated church lands, was issued to address France's financial crisis?

Assignats

What term described the monarchy established by the 1791 constitution that limited royal power to a suspensive veto?

Limited monarchy

Louis XVI's attempted flight to where in 1791 destroyed his credibility and increased calls for a republic?

Varennes

Which radical political club, led by Maximilien Robespierre, advocated for a republic during the Revolution?

The Jacobins

Which group of Parisians invaded the Tuileries to depose the king and pave the way for the republic?

A Paris mob

What new legislature, elected by universal manhood suffrage, replaced the Legislative Assembly in 1792?

The Convention

The execution of Louis XVI ushered in which particularly radical phase of the Revolution?

The Reign of Terror

What 12-member executive body, chaired by Robespierre, exercised near‑dictatorial powers during the Terror?

The Committee of Public Safety

What mass conscription measure, called the first modern draft, bolstered France's armies in 1793?

Leve en masse

What event in July ¯1794 ended the Reign of Terror?

The execution of Robespierre

What five-member executive body governed France from 1795 until Napoleon's rise in 1799?

The Directory

Which early communist, Gracchus Babeuf, led the failed Conspiracy of Equals against the Directory?

Gracchus Babeuf

What coup, known by its Revolutionary calendar date as 18 Brumaire Year VIII, overthrew the Directory?

The Coup of 18 Brumaire

What comprehensive legal code did Napoleon institute that guaranteed equality before the law?

The Napoleonic Code

Which 1801 agreement between Napoleon and the Pope restored relations between France and the Catholic Church?

The Concordat of 1801