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French Revolution History
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1. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Cahiers
Necker
Bourgeoisie
Metternich
2. French diplomat who attended the Congress of Vienna on behalf of King Louis XVIII; He tried to get France the best deal possible
Second Estate
Talleyrand
Deficit Spending
Nepotism
3. The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
Blockade
Second Estate
Moderate Phase
Lafayette
4. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
The Directory
Third Estate
Great Fear
Directory
5. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Consulate
Congress of Vienna
Second Estate
6. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Moderate Phase
Jacobins
Lafayette
Secular
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
Dr. Guillotin
Jacobins
Radical Phase
Quadruple Alliance
8. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
The Directory
Lafayette
Declaration of Plinitz
Talleyrand
9. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Lafayette
Committee of Public Safety
Legitimacy
Continental System
10. 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
First Estate
Consulate
Bourgeoisie
Republic
11. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Quadruple Alliance
Cahiers
The Directory
Dr. Guillotin
12. 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
Castlereagh
The Directory
Secular
13. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Tennis Court Oath
Tennis Court Oath
First Estate
Dr. Guillotin
14. 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
Declaration of Plinitz
Napoleon
Napoleon
15. 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
Concordat of 1801
Radical Phase
Republic
16. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Marie Antoinette
Annex
Nationalism
First Estate
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
Declaration of Plinitz
Second Estate
Plebiscite
Bastille
18. French diplomat who attended the Congress of Vienna on behalf of King Louis XVIII; He tried to get France the best deal possible
Second Estate
Talleyrand
Napoleonic Code
Nepotism
19. To add a territory onto an existing state or country
Annex
Quadruple Alliance
Lafayette
Nationalism
20. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Tennis Court Oath
Battle of Trafalgar
Continental System
Napoleon
21. 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
Concordat of 1801
Cahiers
Necker
22. 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.
Lafayette
Committee of Public Safety
Battle of Trafalgar
Louis XVI
23. 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
Quadruple Alliance
Annex
Congress of Vienna
24. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon. Preserved many of the rights of the people gained by the revolution.
Legitimacy
National Assembly
The Directory
Napoleonic Code
25. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Plebiscite
Metternich
Bastille
National Assembly
26. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Guerrilla Warfare
Lafayette
Deficit Spending
Suffrage
27. 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
National Assembly Phase
Republic
Abdicate
Moderate Phase
28. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Secular
Legitimacy
Declaration of Plinitz
Suffrage
29. 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
Tri color
Moderate Phase
Great Fear
National Assembly
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.
Second Estate
Waterloo
First Estate
Robespierre
31. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Nepotism
Continental System
Plebiscite
Legitimacy
32. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Suffrage
Plebiscite
Cahiers
Second Estate
33. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Nepotism
Louis XVI
Castlereagh
Robespierre
34. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
National Assembly Phase
Congress of Vienna
Robespierre
Directory
35. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Annex
Concordat of 1801
Necker
Cahiers
36. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Abdicate
Napoleon
Cahiers
37. 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
Abdicate
National Assembly
Radical Phase
The Directory
38. 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.
Quadruple Alliance
Deficit Spending
The Directory
Louis XVI
39. 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
Congress of Vienna
Bourgeoisie
Committee of Public Safety
Talleyrand
40. The middle class
Battle of Trafalgar
Great Fear
Deficit Spending
Bourgeoisie
41. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Napoleon
Bourgeoisie
Waterloo
42. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Napoleon
Concordat of 1801
Nationalism
Tennis Court Oath
43. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Plebiscite
Blockade
Great Fear
Legitimacy
44. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon. Preserved many of the rights of the people gained by the revolution.
Plebiscite
Napoleonic Code
Guerrilla Warfare
Nepotism
45. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Napoleon
Robespierre
Third Estate
Nepotism
46. 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.
Guerrilla Warfare
Dr. Guillotin
First Estate
Castlereagh
47. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Nepotism
Tri color
The Directory
Committee of Public Safety
48. 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
Concordat of 1801
Guerrilla Warfare
49. To give up power
Third Estate
Declaration of Plinitz
Abdicate
Deficit Spending
50. The middle class
Bourgeoisie
Republic
Cahiers
Metternich