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French Revolution History
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1. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Jacobins
Marie Antoinette
Bastille
Third Estate
2. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Continental System
Jacobins
Cahiers
Tennis Court Oath
3. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Legitimacy
Bourgeoisie
Secular
4. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Bastille
Nepotism
National Assembly
5. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Tri color
Lafayette
Abdicate
Concordat of 1801
6. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Continental System
The Directory
Tri color
Declaration of Plinitz
7. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Waterloo
Blockade
Talleyrand
8. An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson. Ended Napoleon's plans to invade Britain.
Cahiers
Radical Phase
Battle of Trafalgar
Tri color
9. Alliance between Prussia & Austria & Russia & and Great Britain. Pledged to act together to maintain balance of power and suppress revolutionary uprisings following the French Revolution.
Lafayette
Quadruple Alliance
Suffrage
10. An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson. Ended Napoleon's plans to invade Britain.
Battle of Trafalgar
Dr. Guillotin
Tennis Court Oath
Castlereagh
11. Second phase of the French Revolution 1792-1794 & Radicals gain control of National Assembly becoming the National Convention. The Monarchy is abolished & Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed & Committee of Public Safety created & Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
Necker
Radical Phase
Concordat of 1801
12. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Louis XVI
Continental System
National Assembly
Metternich
13. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Blockade
Talleyrand
Blockade
Secular
14. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Declaration of Plinitz
Plebiscite
First Estate
Great Fear
15. Largest of the Three Estates & made up of Bourgeoisie & Peasants & and Urban Workers. Had the least money and power but paid the virtually all of the taxes.
Blockade
Third Estate
Cahiers
Continental System
16. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
The Directory
National Assembly Phase
Moderate Phase
17. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
Great Fear
National Assembly Phase
Third Estate
Necker
18. The right to vote
Suffrage
Committee of Public Safety
Continental System
Tennis Court Oath
19. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Waterloo
Marie Antoinette
Second Estate
Plebiscite
20. Created by the National Convention & 12 people & had almost absolute power & battled to protect the revolution & and prepared France for war by ordering all citizens to join the war-effort & responsible for executing up to 40 &000 French deemed as tr
Abdicate
Guerrilla Warfare
Committee of Public Safety
National Assembly Phase
21. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
National Assembly
Bastille
Nepotism
Marie Antoinette
22. British prime minister Who was the representative at the Congress of Vienna who sought a European balance of power & in which no single state or combination of states would dominate Europe.
Moderate Phase
Secular
The Directory
Castlereagh
23. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Nepotism
The Directory
Bourgeoisie
Third Estate
24. They consisted of the Roman Catholic Clergy; they received special privileges and paid no direct taxes. Made up less than 1% of the French population.
First Estate
Great Fear
Metternich
Third Estate
25. The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
Continental System
Consulate
Declaration of Plinitz
Blockade
26. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Quadruple Alliance
Legitimacy
Guerrilla Warfare
The Directory
27. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Lafayette
Declaration of Plinitz
Bourgeoisie
Great Fear
28. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Annex
Second Estate
Castlereagh
Blockade
29. First Phase of French Revolution. 1789-1791. Key points: Tennis Court Oath & Storming the Bastille & the Declaration of the Rights of Man & Civil Constitution of the Clergy & Constitution of 1791
Talleyrand
Robespierre
Moderate Phase
Directory
30. A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17 & 1789 & to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people
Continental System
Suffrage
National Assembly
Age of Napoleon
31. The right to vote
Talleyrand
Jacobins
Suffrage
Committee of Public Safety
32. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Metternich
The Directory
Tennis Court Oath
Guerrilla Warfare
33. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Age of Napoleon
Waterloo
The Directory
Annex
34. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Republic
Declaration of Plinitz
Suffrage
Lafayette
35. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Battle of Trafalgar
Necker
Cahiers
Plebiscite
36. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Bourgeoisie
Third Estate
First Estate
Waterloo
37. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Castlereagh
Plebiscite
Nepotism
Consulate
38. A series of meetings in 1814-1815 & during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace & restore balance of power & protect the system of monarchy
Congress of Vienna
Jacobins
Waterloo
Castlereagh
39. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Nepotism
Republic
Continental System
Congress of Vienna
40. First Phase of French Revolution. 1789-1791. Key points: Tennis Court Oath & Storming the Bastille & the Declaration of the Rights of Man & Civil Constitution of the Clergy & Constitution of 1791
Jacobins
Moderate Phase
Metternich
Marie Antoinette
41. Second phase of the French Revolution 1792-1794 & Radicals gain control of National Assembly becoming the National Convention. The Monarchy is abolished & Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed & Committee of Public Safety created & Reign of Terror
Radical Phase
Continental System
Quadruple Alliance
Republic
42. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
National Assembly Phase
Annex
Metternich
Dr. Guillotin
43. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Legitimacy
Napoleon
Necker
Congress of Vienna
44. British prime minister Who was the representative at the Congress of Vienna who sought a European balance of power & in which no single state or combination of states would dominate Europe.
Quadruple Alliance
Directory
Castlereagh
Radical Phase
45. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Secular
Bourgeoisie
Tri color
Congress of Vienna
46. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Concordat of 1801
Castlereagh
Continental System
National Assembly
47. The middle class
Abdicate
Metternich
Battle of Trafalgar
Bourgeoisie
48. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Jacobins
Legitimacy
First Estate
49. The panic and insecurity that struck French peasants in the summer of 1789 and led to their widespread destruction of manor houses and feudal documents.
Guerrilla Warfare
Great Fear
Cahiers
Castlereagh
50. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Age of Napoleon
Tennis Court Oath
Continental System
Legitimacy