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French Revolution History
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1. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Dr. Guillotin
Waterloo
Congress of Vienna
Republic
2. 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.
Continental System
Cahiers
Dr. Guillotin
Quadruple Alliance
3. The right to vote
Secular
Suffrage
Age of Napoleon
Marie Antoinette
4. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Nationalism
Legitimacy
First Estate
Louis XVI
5. 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.
Annex
Secular
Louis XVI
Jacobins
6. 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
Third Estate
Radical Phase
Consulate
Guerrilla Warfare
7. 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.
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Dr. Guillotin
Suffrage
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.
Louis XVI
Castlereagh
Lafayette
Cahiers
9. A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
Nationalism
Cahiers
Secular
Republic
10. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
Declaration of Plinitz
The Directory
Dr. Guillotin
Castlereagh
11. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Annex
Radical Phase
Bourgeoisie
Directory
12. A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
Cahiers
Plebiscite
Age of Napoleon
Congress of Vienna
13. The estate that consisted of the nobility & and high-positioned government officials. They made up less than 2% of the French population.
Lafayette
Directory
Napoleon
Second Estate
14. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Tennis Court Oath
Robespierre
Committee of Public Safety
Directory
15. 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
Nepotism
National Assembly
First Estate
16. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Tri color
Necker
Deficit Spending
The Directory
17. French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution
Battle of Trafalgar
Napoleonic Code
Lafayette
Talleyrand
18. 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
Secular
Plebiscite
Age of Napoleon
Committee of Public Safety
19. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Nepotism
Nationalism
Dr. Guillotin
The Directory
20. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Necker
Marie Antoinette
Plebiscite
Age of Napoleon
21. The middle class
Annex
Tri color
Directory
Bourgeoisie
22. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Napoleon
Tri color
First Estate
Marie Antoinette
23. 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
Committee of Public Safety
Battle of Trafalgar
Marie Antoinette
24. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Declaration of Plinitz
Tri color
Castlereagh
Secular
25. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Metternich
Committee of Public Safety
Consulate
26. To give up power
Abdicate
National Assembly
Second Estate
Jacobins
27. 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
Nationalism
Marie Antoinette
Congress of Vienna
Bourgeoisie
28. 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'
Republic
Age of Napoleon
Dr. Guillotin
Radical Phase
29. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Blockade
National Assembly
Continental System
Declaration of Plinitz
30. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Declaration of Plinitz
Cahiers
Robespierre
The Directory
31. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Necker
Legitimacy
Directory
Annex
32. 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
Napoleon
Second Estate
Louis XVI
Castlereagh
33. 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.
Waterloo
Robespierre
Continental System
Castlereagh
34. Nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system
Dr. Guillotin
Directory
Jacobins
35. 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
Bourgeoisie
Necker
Abdicate
Committee of Public Safety
36. 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
Nationalism
Republic
37. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Metternich
Secular
Bourgeoisie
Tri color
38. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Age of Napoleon
Great Fear
Third Estate
Guerrilla Warfare
39. 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
First Estate
Jacobins
Concordat of 1801
40. 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.
Republic
Blockade
Quadruple Alliance
Battle of Trafalgar
41. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Napoleonic Code
Bastille
42. 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
Consulate
Suffrage
Bourgeoisie
Radical Phase
43. A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
Quadruple Alliance
Napoleon
The Directory
Guerrilla Warfare
44. 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.
Tri color
Suffrage
National Assembly
Robespierre
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.
Nationalism
Louis XVI
Quadruple Alliance
Napoleonic Code
46. 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.
Napoleonic Code
Great Fear
Suffrage
National Assembly Phase
47. 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
Nationalism
Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon
Continental System
48. A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
Castlereagh
Republic
Bastille
National Assembly
49. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
National Assembly Phase
Bastille
Napoleon
Plebiscite
50. The right to vote
Suffrage
Bastille
Republic
The Directory