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French Revolution History
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1. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Continental System
National Assembly Phase
First Estate
Guerrilla Warfare
2. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
Directory
Republic
The Directory
Necker
3. 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.
National Assembly
Plebiscite
Robespierre
Louis XVI
4. The middle class
Bourgeoisie
Congress of Vienna
Bastille
National Assembly
5. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
Napoleonic Code
National Assembly Phase
Continental System
Metternich
6. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Napoleonic Code
Continental System
Nationalism
Tri color
7. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Cahiers
Legitimacy
Continental System
Metternich
8. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Dr. Guillotin
Continental System
Committee of Public Safety
Metternich
9. Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe.
Tri color
Continental System
Robespierre
Consulate
10. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Second Estate
Great Fear
Napoleon
Cahiers
11. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Cahiers
Bourgeoisie
Guerrilla Warfare
Lafayette
12. Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Deficit Spending
Louis XVI
Talleyrand
Legitimacy
13. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
National Assembly Phase
Nationalism
Nepotism
Consulate
14. 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
Congress of Vienna
Consulate
National Assembly
Age of Napoleon
15. 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.
Nationalism
Blockade
Nepotism
First Estate
16. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Second Estate
Great Fear
Republic
Secular
17. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Continental System
Bastille
Republic
Deficit Spending
18. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Battle of Trafalgar
Declaration of Plinitz
Directory
Talleyrand
19. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Second Estate
First Estate
Declaration of Plinitz
Annex
20. 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.
Metternich
Congress of Vienna
Castlereagh
Secular
21. 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
Third Estate
Battle of Trafalgar
Secular
National Assembly
22. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Marie Antoinette
Cahiers
Concordat of 1801
First Estate
23. 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.
Republic
Committee of Public Safety
Quadruple Alliance
Talleyrand
24. 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
Great Fear
Napoleon
Radical Phase
Marie Antoinette
25. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Annex
Declaration of Plinitz
Directory
26. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Bourgeoisie
Annex
Abdicate
Second Estate
27. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Moderate Phase
Napoleon
Tennis Court Oath
Blockade
28. 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
The Directory
Consulate
Age of Napoleon
29. 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.
Second Estate
Louis XVI
National Assembly Phase
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
Radical Phase
Napoleon
Directory
Concordat of 1801
31. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Concordat of 1801
Republic
First Estate
Castlereagh
32. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Nepotism
Continental System
Bastille
Directory
33. 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
Robespierre
Tri color
Metternich
Moderate Phase
34. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Bastille
Castlereagh
Annex
Suffrage
35. 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
Quadruple Alliance
Quadruple Alliance
Committee of Public Safety
Age of Napoleon
36. 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
Metternich
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
37. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon. Preserved many of the rights of the people gained by the revolution.
Age of Napoleon
Napoleonic Code
Lafayette
Declaration of Plinitz
38. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Annex
First Estate
Bastille
Deficit Spending
39. 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
The Directory
Congress of Vienna
Directory
Cahiers
40. The middle class
Congress of Vienna
Declaration of Plinitz
Robespierre
Bourgeoisie
41. 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
Declaration of Plinitz
Quadruple Alliance
Radical Phase
42. 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'
Age of Napoleon
Congress of Vienna
Dr. Guillotin
Consulate
43. 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
Age of Napoleon
Consulate
Committee of Public Safety
Blockade
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.
Battle of Trafalgar
Tri color
Republic
Continental System
45. 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.
National Assembly Phase
Committee of Public Safety
Castlereagh
Consulate
46. 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.
Plebiscite
Congress of Vienna
Napoleonic Code
Louis XVI
47. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Radical Phase
Jacobins
Metternich
Suffrage
48. 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
Nepotism
Robespierre
Quadruple Alliance
Committee of Public Safety
49. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Nationalism
Annex
Radical Phase
Republic
50. 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.
Suffrage
Declaration of Plinitz
First Estate
Quadruple Alliance