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The Second Estate of the Estates General was made up of the ________.
nobility
Throughout the winter and spring of 1789, the high prices for ________ produced many riots.
bread
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was proclaimed by ________.
the National Constituent Assembly
The term sans-culottes was used in revolutionary France to refer to ________.
the lower middle-class
Louis XVI was condemned to death on the charge of ________.
conspiring against the liberty of the people
Which of these sparked war between France and most of the rest of Europe in 1792?
the French invasion of Belgium
Many victims of the Reign of Terror were subject to this "humane" form of execution. What was it?
Guillotine
What happened on the Ninth of Thermidor to end the Reign of Terror?
Members of the Convention to together to shout down Robespierre
The French Revolution has often been considered a victory of the ________.
bourgeoisie
Who put down the royalist rebels in October 1795 that were intensifying the food riots?
Napoleon Bonaparte
How did Louis XVI and his family try to escape Paris in June 1791?
They disguise themselves as servants
Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz?
Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick William II of Prussia
What revenue was to back up the value of the assignats?
the sale of church property
By which of the following ways did the aristocracy attempt to limit the influence of the Third Estate?
They demanded that each estate have anequal number of representatives.
The Tennis Court Oath refers to an oath taken by the ________.
National Assembly to give France a constitution
The Roman Catholic Church ________.
condemned the French Revolution
The sans-culottes wanted, above all else, ________.
relief from food shortages and high prices
By late 1794, the French army ________.
was larger than any other in European history
The changes made to the traditional calendar illustrate which of these revolutionary policies?
De- Christianization
From where did the Thermidorians get their name?
The name came from the events of July 27, or 9 Thermidor on the revolutionary calendar, when members of the Convention shouted down Robespierre.
William Pitt's domestic policies are best seen in the light of _______.
Ideological opposition to liberal reform
Which of the following best explains the actions of Maximilien de Robespierre?
fanatical support of the republican government
The Treaty of Campo Formio took which country out of war with France?
Austria
Who was the commander who destroyed the French Fleet at Abukir in 1798?
Horatio Nelson
The Second Coalition against France was made up of__________.
Russia, Austria, the Ottoman Empire, and Britain.
Francois Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture led the uprising in ___________.
Haiti
The Declaration of Napoleon as Emperor of France was ratified by____________.
a plebiscite
In 1805, which two countries joined the British against France?
Russia and Austria
By the end of 1810, what country had withdrawn from the Continental System?
Russia
The Continental System initially extended as far east as ________________.
Russia
One of the central features of the Romantic movement in Germany was the emergence of____________.
nationalism
The Treaty of Chaumont restored this group to the French throne: the_________.
Bourbons
Following the Congress of Vienna which country gained control of Northern Italy?
Austria
Romantics were drawn to the art, literature, and architecture of___________.
the Middle Ages
The English Romantics generally react to the ideas of ________________.
the Enlightenment
The Hundred Days refers to the __________.
period of Napoleon's return from Elba before his exile to Saint Helena
What was Napoleon's objective in capturing Egypt from the Ottoman Empire?
He hoped to drive the British fleet from the Mediterranean.
What event gave Napoleon the excuse he needed to crown himself emperor?
a failed assassination attempt
Which of these resulted from the Haitian uprising?
The United States made the Louisiana Purchase
What caused the end of the Holy Roman Empire?
the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine
Jean-Jacques Rousseau laid out how to live a good life without being adversely influenced by society in _________.
Émile
In Spain, Napoleon faced________.
guerrilla warfare
The long peninsular campaign in Spain ________.
drained French strength and hastened Napoleon's eventual defeat
When Napoleon invaded Russia, ________.
the Russian forces retreated, destroying food and supplies as they went
The Organic Articles of 1802 established ________.
the supremacy of state over church.
Which of the following statements best articulates the success of the Congress of Vienna?
The congress can be credited with preventing general war for a hundred years.
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