French Revolution & Napoleon

sudden seizure of power or “blow to the state”

Coup d’état

Napoleon was exiled here until his death

St.Helena

July 14th___, is similar to the Fourth of July in the United States

Bastille Day

left a legacy that would influence world politics for the next 100 years

Congress of Vienna

modern equivalent to the Concert of Europe & Congress of Vienna

United Nations

Napoleon was first exiled to

Island of Elba

Napoleon’s final defeat came at the Battle of

Waterloo

period of Robespierre’s dictatorial rule

Reign of Terror

new legislative body that replaced the National Assembly

Legislative Assembly

new legislative body after the Legislative Assembly

National Convention

The social and political system of France in the 1770s was the

Old Regime

policies to establish long-lasting peace and stability to Europe

Congress of Vienna

gained Napoleon the support of the organized Church as well as the majority of the French

Concordat

series of alliance devised by Metternich

Concert of Europe

After Robespierre’s execution, the new plan of government called for an executive body of five men calle

Directory

King Louis XVI was executed by this machine

Guillotine

burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat

Scorched-earth policy

The rich nobles forme

Second estate

Napoleon sold which area to the United States

Louisiana Territory

supposed to be a more efficient, humane, and democratic form of execution

Guillotine

proclaimed the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government in France

National Assembly

97% of the people of France formed

Third Estate

Which of the following was not one of the reasons why the Congress of Vienna was a political triumph?

It allowed France to become a military power again

The people of France were divided into three large social classes

Estates

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was greatly influenced by th

Deceleration of Independence

assembly of representatives from all three estates

Estates-General

storming of the _____ became a great symbolic act of revolution to the French people

Bastille

Parisian workers and small shopkeepers who wanted the Revolution to bring even greater changes to France

Sans-culottes

ranks among the world’s greatest military geniuses

Napoleon

Formed the largest group within the Third Estate

Peasants

The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church formed the _____.

First Estate

Members of the Third Estate were inspired by the success of

American Revolution

Which of the following was not a part of the Third Estate?

Priests