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French Revolution History
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1. 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.
Great Fear
Robespierre
Cahiers
Talleyrand
2. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Third Estate
Talleyrand
Committee of Public Safety
Tennis Court Oath
3. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Nationalism
Second Estate
Metternich
Continental System
4. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Quadruple Alliance
Robespierre
Metternich
Cahiers
5. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Robespierre
Guerrilla Warfare
Deficit Spending
Directory
6. 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.
Cahiers
Castlereagh
First Estate
Radical Phase
7. 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
Declaration of Plinitz
Consulate
Declaration of Plinitz
8. King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General & due to the French financial crisis. His failure to enact reform would led to the French Revolution. Louis and his wife & Marie Antoinette & were executed in 1793.
Consulate
Necker
Louis XVI
Continental System
9. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Necker
First Estate
Plebiscite
Nationalism
10. 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
National Assembly
Napoleon
Waterloo
Suffrage
11. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
First Estate
Directory
Dr. Guillotin
Robespierre
12. 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.
Robespierre
Abdicate
National Assembly
Talleyrand
13. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Bastille
Continental System
Legitimacy
Necker
14. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
The Directory
Congress of Vienna
Waterloo
National Assembly Phase
15. 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
The Directory
Tennis Court Oath
Committee of Public Safety
Metternich
16. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Suffrage
Secular
Robespierre
Waterloo
17. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Legitimacy
Concordat of 1801
Second Estate
Congress of Vienna
18. 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
Napoleonic Code
Necker
Guerrilla Warfare
Great Fear
19. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Secular
Dr. Guillotin
Napoleon
Declaration of Plinitz
20. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Quadruple Alliance
Necker
Declaration of Plinitz
First Estate
21. 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
National Assembly Phase
Necker
Consulate
Napoleon
22. The right to vote
Tri color
Suffrage
Continental System
Napoleonic Code
23. To give up power
Secular
Napoleon
Abdicate
Annex
24. 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'
Louis XVI
Continental System
Age of Napoleon
Necker
25. To give up power
Jacobins
Abdicate
Bastille
Plebiscite
26. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Tennis Court Oath
Marie Antoinette
Declaration of Plinitz
Castlereagh
27. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Radical Phase
Continental System
Second Estate
Abdicate
28. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Metternich
Great Fear
Bastille
Waterloo
29. The right to vote
Nationalism
Suffrage
Bastille
Necker
30. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Jacobins
Second Estate
National Assembly Phase
31. 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.
Great Fear
Dr. Guillotin
Guerrilla Warfare
Robespierre
32. 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.
Castlereagh
Castlereagh
Directory
Third Estate
33. Very radical political club that wanted a republic for France Also responsible for the execution of the king
National Assembly
Jacobins
Necker
Metternich
34. 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.
Castlereagh
Annex
Marie Antoinette
Legitimacy
35. 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
Necker
Congress of Vienna
Declaration of Plinitz
36. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Secular
Age of Napoleon
Concordat of 1801
Lafayette
37. The middle class
Republic
Bourgeoisie
Congress of Vienna
Republic
38. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Louis XVI
Plebiscite
Robespierre
Concordat of 1801
39. Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Nationalism
Quadruple Alliance
Great Fear
Deficit Spending
40. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Marie Antoinette
Quadruple Alliance
Jacobins
Second Estate
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
Napoleon
Radical Phase
First Estate
Castlereagh
42. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
First Estate
Legitimacy
Napoleon
Waterloo
43. The middle class
Bourgeoisie
Necker
Napoleon
44. 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
Moderate Phase
Plebiscite
Continental System
Robespierre
45. A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
Third Estate
Battle of Trafalgar
Dr. Guillotin
Republic
46. 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
Waterloo
Republic
Battle of Trafalgar
Committee of Public Safety
47. King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General & due to the French financial crisis. His failure to enact reform would led to the French Revolution. Louis and his wife & Marie Antoinette & were executed in 1793.
Concordat of 1801
Louis XVI
Jacobins
Robespierre
48. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Age of Napoleon
Waterloo
Battle of Trafalgar
49. 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
Plebiscite
Consulate
Lafayette
Radical Phase
50. 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.
Jacobins
Nationalism
First Estate
Tennis Court Oath
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