Euro history French revolution

What was the third estate?

The largest estate that does not include nobles or the clergy. It includes peasants,working class, and bourgeoisie

What were federal dues?

Payments made to lords by peasants based on traditional privileges not contractual obligations

What were parliments

Courts of law dominated by the nobles which merely registered royal edicts giving them the force of law

Which was did France enter in 1778?

War of American independence

What was the Estates General?

Old French assembly representing clergy,nobility, and commoners

Who wrote “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains”?

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which of Louis XVI’s ministers called the assembly of nobles

Charles de Calonne

What were the cahiers

An obligation to work on the public roads or the king’s highways.

What was the tennis court oath

In 1789 the third estate revolutionary promised to work towards a new Constitution

What were the October days

On October 5th 1789 women marched to Versailles to protest bread prices and bring the king back to Paris. It resulted in bloodshed and the invasion of the palace.

What is a constitutional monarchy?

A state where the hereditary ruler shares power to greater or lesser extent with an elected assembly.

Name one revolutionary club?

Jacobins

When was the king executed?

January 1793

What is Charlotte Corday famous for?

Murdered Marat in his bath tube and was tried and executed

What does sans culottes mean

without breeches

Which political leader was overthrown in July 1794

Robespirre

Which battle saved the republic from defeat in September 1792

The battle of Valmy

Who was killed in the September Massacres of 1792

Suspects in the Paris prison

Which committee ruled France during the Terror

Public safety and general safety

Who ran France’s War effort in the revolutionary war

Lazare Carnot

Which port did Napoleon recapture in 1793?

Port of toulon

How many directors were there in the directory?

5

What was the whiff of grapeshot

Napoleon used cannons to stop royalists uprising during the French Revolution

What was the name of the coup which brought Napoleon to power in 1799

The coup of Brumaire

What office did Napoleon take in 1802

Consul for life

What was the name of the treaty Bonaparte signed in 1797 that gave France lands in Italy

Campo Formio

Which incident in the Italian wars gave Bonaparte a special reputation for courage

Battle of Lodi

Which English commander attacked Bonaparte’s ships at Aboukir Kay in 1798

Horatio Nelson

Name parts of the constitution of France under napoleon

First Consul, Council of state, Tribunate, legislative body, and senate

What is a plebiscite

A direct vote by citizens that Napoleon controlled or influenced by the government

Whom did Napoleon appoint to run local government?

Prefects

What did the civil code deal with

Law/ uniform administration

What were Napoleons state schools called

lycees

Name Napoleons agreement with he pope in 1802

Concordat

What was the franc de germinal

A currency based on gold and silver coins

Who was kidnapped and killed by Napoleons order in 1804

The Duke of Enghien

Why did Napoleon choose the bee as one of his imperial emblems

It was favored by the ancient merovingian kings of france

Whom did Napoleon marry in 1810

Marie-Louise of Parma

What is true about legal reforms under Napoleon

Property could be bequeathed more freely, end of feudal rights, privileged of church eneded

Who was Napoleons police chief

Joseph Fouche