French Revolution Terms

Thomas Jefferson

Who helped draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the citizen?

Natural Rights

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

Louis XVI

Who tried to escape to Austria with his wife and two children?

Legislative Meeting

Was the Second Representative Branch

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They could create laws and reject declarations of war BUT the King still held power to enforce laws.

Radicals

What group of people wanted to abolish a monarchy and establish a republic?

Red Ribbon

What did people who supported the revolution wear on them?

Emigres

What group of people fled France and wanted to undo the revolution?

Sans-Culottes

Which group was from Paris and thought that the Revolution didn’t do enough?

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They were also responsible for mob violence.

Austria and Prussia

What two countries demanded that the French give Louis XVI his power back?

National Convention

The bigger group that came to power on September 22, 1792?

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Removed King of all power and made France a Republic

Parisians

What were people of Paris called?

Jacobins

Radical political organization that abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.

Jean-Paul Marat

Who was the __MAIN__ leader of the Jacobins?

Guillotine

Device used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

France

Who wins the war between Great Britain, Spain, Austria, Prussia vs France?

Girondins

What __group__ of people were the rival leaders of the Jacobins?

Maximillien Robespierre

Who rose to power in France?

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* Erases the past!!
* Sets up new calendar so people don’t know when Sunday is

“You are either for the Revolution or you are against it.”

Charlotte Corday

Who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat by killing him in his bathtub?

Reign of Terror

What was the period of time in which Maximillien Robespiere ruled France called?

Committee of Public Safety

What was created by Robespierre and was a group of spies who looked for people against the Revolution?

Georges Danton

One of Robespierre’s closest friends who was killed by him. He was killed via the guillotine

National Convention

Robespierre was overthrown by members of the _______________

The Directory

What is the executive body of five men?

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It brought about “order and stability” but became __corrupt__!

Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the Citizen

This __thing__ says:

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* Men are born free
* men are born equal

Natural Rights

“Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.”

Austria

Where did King Louis XVI try to escape to with Marie and their two children?

Legislative Assembly

What representative branch the __new__ constitution (1791) create?

Constitutional Monarchy

a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution.

Radicals

Who wanted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic?

First Estate

Roman Catholic clergy

Owned 10% of land

Second Estate

rich nobles

owned 20% of land

Third Estate

97% of the population

Burgeoisie

(middle class)

believed in enlightenment

Madame Defecit

What was Marie Antoinette’s nickname?

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Due to the excessive spending that she took part in.

Estates-General

What was the representative assembly of all three estates?

Versailles

Where was the Estates-General meeting on May 5, 1789?

Tennis Court Oath

3rd Estate delegates broke down a door of a indoor tennis court and pledged to stay together until a new Constitution was written.

National Assembly

3rd estate renamed themselves this.

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Proclaimed the end of absolute monarchy and the start of representative government.

Swiss Guards

The guards that rotected Louis XVI

Bastille Day

a mob stormed the Bastille looking for gunpowder and arms.

Great Fear

the name for the widespread panic that permeated France

Coup D’Etat

what was it called when Napoleon overthrew the directory?

Abbe Sieyes

this __person__ urged Napoleon to overthrow the directory

First Consul

What __consul__ did Napoleon become?

Plebiscite

vote of the people

Concordat

__agreement__ with Pope Pius VII that made peace with the church.

Napoleonic Code

comprehensive and uniform system of laws established by a very prominent man.

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eliminated injustices and inequalities

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promoted order over individual rights

Crowned Himself

What did Napoleon do that was very different from other crownings?

Notre Dame Cathedral

__Where__ was Napoleon’s crowning?

December 2, 1804

__When__ was Napoleon’s crowning?

Toussaint L’Ouverture

Who was the Haitian Rebellion lead by?

Yellow Fever

Why was the Haitian Rebellion a failure for the French?

His Brothers

After acquiring a new country/territory, __who__ would Napoleon put on the throne of the countries?

Spain, Naples, Italy, Helvetia, Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Confederation of the Rhine

What six territories did Napoleon overtake?

Battle of Austerlitz

What was Napoleon’s greatest victory?

Third Coalition (Russia and Austria)

Who did Napoleon defeat at the Battle of Austerlitz?

Battle of Trafalgar

During which battle did __ZERO__ British ships get captured?

Horatio Nelson

Who lead Great Britain at the Battle of Trafalgar?

** Open Ended -- Answers May Vary* \*

Explain the events that lead up to the Napoleon’s peak.

** Open Ended -- Answers May Vary* \*

Explain the events that caused Napoleon’s fall off.

Continental System

Established by Napoleon and was a blockade of Great Britain in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

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wasn’t tight. Smugglers sent goods to Europe.

France

Who did the War of 1812 weaken more? __France or Great Britain?__

Peninsular War

the war that was over the acceptance of the continental system.

Nationalism

pride in one’s country.

Alexander I

Who was the leader of Russia?

Scortched-Earth Policy

policy in retreating because of the unequal troops

Battle of Leipzig

Where was Napoleon defeated (first time)?

Louis XVIII

Who was the French king after Napoleon gave up the throne?

Waterloo

Where was Napoleon defeated for the final time?

Hundred Days

What was Napoleon’s last bid for power referred to as?

Klemens von Metternich

Austria’s Prime Minister

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highly conservative

Congress of Vienna

meeting to establish peace and stability in Europe

Holy Alliance

Austria, Prussia, and Russia teamed up

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“When dealing with other nations, be charitable.”

Concert of Europe

alliance system of the countries of Europe

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“Nations will keep each other out if a revolution breaks out.”