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French Revolution History
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1. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Metternich
Marie Antoinette
Talleyrand
Second Estate
2. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Dr. Guillotin
Radical Phase
Bourgeoisie
Secular
3. 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
Committee of Public Safety
The Directory
Great Fear
Declaration of Plinitz
4. A French political leader of the 18th century. A Jacobin & a radical leader of the French Revolution. Headed the Committee of Public Safety & responsible for the Reign of Terror & was later executed.
Radical Phase
Bourgeoisie
Robespierre
Lafayette
5. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Talleyrand
Bastille
Suffrage
6. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Republic
Lafayette
Radical Phase
Moderate Phase
7. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Directory
Lafayette
Third Estate
Republic
8. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Continental System
Castlereagh
Lafayette
Radical Phase
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.
Battle of Trafalgar
Quadruple Alliance
Dr. Guillotin
Abdicate
10. Financial expert of Louis XVI & he advised Louis to reduce court spending & tax the first and second estates & abolish tariffs on internal trade in order to avoid bankruptcy
Quadruple Alliance
Legitimacy
National Assembly
Necker
11. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Jacobins
Marie Antoinette
Declaration of Plinitz
Second Estate
12. Phase 4 - government established in France after the overthrow of the Directory in 1799 & with Napoleon as first consul in control of the entire government
Consulate
Guerrilla Warfare
Radical Phase
National Assembly Phase
13. 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
Bourgeoisie
Guerrilla Warfare
Necker
14. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Tri color
Nationalism
National Assembly
Committee of Public Safety
15. 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
First Estate
Metternich
National Assembly Phase
16. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
Blockade
Republic
The Directory
Guerrilla Warfare
17. 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.
Moderate Phase
Age of Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
First Estate
18. 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
Marie Antoinette
Plebiscite
Second Estate
National Assembly
19. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Moderate Phase
Quadruple Alliance
Dr. Guillotin
20. 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
Dr. Guillotin
National Assembly
Plebiscite
Tennis Court Oath
21. To give up power
Abdicate
Napoleonic Code
Tri color
Talleyrand
22. The right to vote
Continental System
Legitimacy
Committee of Public Safety
Suffrage
23. 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
Committee of Public Safety
First Estate
Declaration of Plinitz
Tennis Court Oath
24. Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Talleyrand
Secular
Castlereagh
Deficit Spending
25. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Second Estate
National Assembly
Metternich
Louis XVI
26. 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.
The Directory
Talleyrand
Moderate Phase
Castlereagh
27. 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.
Directory
Cahiers
Napoleon
Castlereagh
28. The middle class
The Directory
Bourgeoisie
Second Estate
29. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Continental System
Napoleonic Code
Dr. Guillotin
Nationalism
30. Emperor of France; he seized power in a coup d'etat in 1799; he led French armies in conquering much of Europe & placing his relatives in positions of power. Defeated at the Battle of Waterloo & He was exiled on the island of Elba
Quadruple Alliance
Napoleon
Guerrilla Warfare
Great Fear
31. 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
Tri color
Congress of Vienna
Metternich
Concordat of 1801
32. A French political leader of the 18th century. A Jacobin & a radical leader of the French Revolution. Headed the Committee of Public Safety & responsible for the Reign of Terror & was later executed.
Continental System
Concordat of 1801
Dr. Guillotin
Robespierre
33. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Third Estate
Nationalism
First Estate
Declaration of Plinitz
34. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Congress of Vienna
Consulate
Declaration of Plinitz
Waterloo
35. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Necker
Tennis Court Oath
Legitimacy
Deficit Spending
36. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Nationalism
Annex
Secular
Jacobins
37. The right to vote
Suffrage
Third Estate
Bastille
Blockade
38. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Deficit Spending
Nepotism
Continental System
Guerrilla Warfare
39. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Waterloo
Necker
Guerrilla Warfare
First Estate
40. 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.
Congress of Vienna
Dr. Guillotin
Third Estate
Plebiscite
41. Phase 4 - government established in France after the overthrow of the Directory in 1799 & with Napoleon as first consul in control of the entire government
Republic
Jacobins
Great Fear
Consulate
42. 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.
Lafayette
Tri color
Plebiscite
Great Fear
43. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Dr. Guillotin
Nepotism
Deficit Spending
Bastille
44. Fourth phase of the Revolution 1799-1815. Napoleon overthrows the Directory & establishes the Consulate & names himself 1st consul then 'consul for life' & eventually becomes 'Emperor of the French'
Congress of Vienna
First Estate
Third Estate
Age of Napoleon
45. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon. Preserved many of the rights of the people gained by the revolution.
Radical Phase
Annex
Plebiscite
Napoleonic Code
46. The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
Bourgeoisie
Blockade
Napoleon
Congress of Vienna
47. 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
Tennis Court Oath
Bourgeoisie
Congress of Vienna
Deficit Spending
48. Fourth phase of the Revolution 1799-1815. Napoleon overthrows the Directory & establishes the Consulate & names himself 1st consul then 'consul for life' & eventually becomes 'Emperor of the French'
Napoleonic Code
Necker
Age of Napoleon
Blockade
49. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
The Directory
Concordat of 1801
Republic
Tri color
50. Very radical political club that wanted a republic for France Also responsible for the execution of the king
Concordat of 1801
Legitimacy
Jacobins
Secular