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French Revolution History
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1. 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.
Cahiers
Dr. Guillotin
Cahiers
Quadruple Alliance
2. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Annex
Guerrilla Warfare
National Assembly Phase
3. French diplomat who attended the Congress of Vienna on behalf of King Louis XVIII; He tried to get France the best deal possible
Guerrilla Warfare
Abdicate
Blockade
Talleyrand
4. 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'
Jacobins
Age of Napoleon
Congress of Vienna
National Assembly
5. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
National Assembly Phase
Declaration of Plinitz
Waterloo
Necker
6. 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
Legitimacy
Moderate Phase
Nationalism
Plebiscite
7. 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
Lafayette
The Directory
Nationalism
Radical Phase
8. The middle class
Legitimacy
Moderate Phase
Bourgeoisie
Continental System
9. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Nepotism
Bastille
Concordat of 1801
Marie Antoinette
10. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Directory
Nepotism
Battle of Trafalgar
National Assembly Phase
11. To give up power
Napoleon
Secular
Abdicate
Napoleonic Code
12. 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
Blockade
Napoleon
Age of Napoleon
First Estate
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.
Great Fear
Great Fear
First Estate
Bourgeoisie
14. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Metternich
Battle of Trafalgar
Quadruple Alliance
Directory
15. Very radical political club that wanted a republic for France Also responsible for the execution of the king
Jacobins
Dr. Guillotin
Necker
Directory
16. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Committee of Public Safety
Dr. Guillotin
Suffrage
Castlereagh
17. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
Robespierre
The Directory
National Assembly
Second Estate
18. 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.
The Directory
Moderate Phase
Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
19. 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.
Third Estate
Plebiscite
Castlereagh
National Assembly Phase
20. 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
Annex
Abdicate
Age of Napoleon
Consulate
21. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Second Estate
National Assembly Phase
Continental System
Guerrilla Warfare
22. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Lafayette
National Assembly
Robespierre
First Estate
23. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon. Preserved many of the rights of the people gained by the revolution.
Continental System
Napoleonic Code
Necker
Bastille
24. 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
Marie Antoinette
Congress of Vienna
Napoleonic Code
25. To give up power
Robespierre
Abdicate
Deficit Spending
Committee of Public Safety
26. 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.
Nepotism
Tennis Court Oath
Louis XVI
Radical Phase
27. The middle class
Republic
Blockade
Quadruple Alliance
Bourgeoisie
28. 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.
Louis XVI
Declaration of Plinitz
Second Estate
Castlereagh
29. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Necker
Cahiers
Quadruple Alliance
30. 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.
Great Fear
Third Estate
First Estate
Castlereagh
31. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Legitimacy
Consulate
Committee of Public Safety
Bastille
32. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Talleyrand
Continental System
Guerrilla Warfare
Concordat of 1801
33. 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.
First Estate
Talleyrand
Third Estate
Deficit Spending
34. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Blockade
Second Estate
Battle of Trafalgar
35. 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
Jacobins
Tri color
Consulate
Lafayette
36. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Tennis Court Oath
Committee of Public Safety
Republic
Legitimacy
37. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Metternich
Nepotism
Annex
Suffrage
38. 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.
Nepotism
Bastille
Dr. Guillotin
Great Fear
39. 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'
Napoleon
Deficit Spending
Second Estate
Age of Napoleon
40. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Robespierre
Lafayette
Nationalism
Concordat of 1801
41. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Great Fear
Blockade
Necker
Plebiscite
42. 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
Great Fear
Cahiers
Necker
Annex
43. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Marie Antoinette
Directory
Necker
Annex
44. 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.
Nepotism
Battle of Trafalgar
Napoleon
45. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Lafayette
Second Estate
Third Estate
Concordat of 1801
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
Castlereagh
Bastille
Committee of Public Safety
Directory
47. 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
Waterloo
Dr. Guillotin
National Assembly
Republic
48. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Republic
Concordat of 1801
Bourgeoisie
Moderate Phase
49. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Continental System
Nepotism
Tennis Court Oath
50. Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Annex
Napoleon
Lafayette
Deficit Spending