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French Revolution History
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1. 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
Cahiers
Jacobins
Committee of Public Safety
Republic
2. Very radical political club that wanted a republic for France Also responsible for the execution of the king
Jacobins
Quadruple Alliance
The Directory
Plebiscite
3. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
Legitimacy
Blockade
4. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Suffrage
Legitimacy
Directory
Annex
5. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Napoleonic Code
Concordat of 1801
Bastille
Tri color
6. 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.
Congress of Vienna
Talleyrand
Great Fear
Age of Napoleon
7. 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
Legitimacy
Napoleon
Third Estate
Annex
8. King of Prussia and emperor of Austria issue declaration threatening to intervene to protect French monarchy.
Declaration of Plinitz
Quadruple Alliance
Marie Antoinette
9. 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
Plebiscite
Consulate
Robespierre
Napoleon
10. 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'
Nepotism
Blockade
Age of Napoleon
11. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Moderate Phase
Robespierre
Legitimacy
Suffrage
12. 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
Great Fear
13. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Republic
Lafayette
Marie Antoinette
Nationalism
14. The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
Great Fear
Blockade
Quadruple Alliance
First Estate
15. Introduced the Guillotine as a more humane way of beheading & Equality of Punishment
Consulate
Dr. Guillotin
Legitimacy
Deficit Spending
16. Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church & Church under state control but recognized religious freedom
Waterloo
Legitimacy
Bastille
Concordat of 1801
17. Phase 3 - A group of 5 men who were given executive control of France following the Reign of Terror
Necker
Congress of Vienna
Age of Napoleon
Directory
18. 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
Waterloo
Robespierre
Dr. Guillotin
19. A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
Age of Napoleon
Republic
Concordat of 1801
20. Red & white & and blue badge worn by members of the National Guard that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France
Annex
First Estate
Age of Napoleon
Tri color
21. 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.
Necker
National Assembly Phase
First Estate
Cahiers
22. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Waterloo
Marie Antoinette
Congress of Vienna
Declaration of Plinitz
23. Vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
Bourgeoisie
Tennis Court Oath
The Directory
Robespierre
24. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Consulate
Directory
Secular
Plebiscite
25. 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.
Concordat of 1801
Castlereagh
Tennis Court Oath
Declaration of Plinitz
26. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Nationalism
Napoleon
Suffrage
Waterloo
27. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815 & which ended his last bid for power
Secular
Waterloo
Talleyrand
Bourgeoisie
28. 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.
Castlereagh
Annex
Louis XVI
Lafayette
29. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
National Assembly Phase
The Directory
Concordat of 1801
Third Estate
30. Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799 & Constitution of 1795 written & Five Man Directory established -Overthrown by Napoleon.
Declaration of Plinitz
The Directory
Louis XVI
Nationalism
31. 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
Castlereagh
Robespierre
Committee of Public Safety
32. Very radical political club that wanted a republic for France Also responsible for the execution of the king
Jacobins
Robespierre
Dr. Guillotin
33. French diplomat who attended the Congress of Vienna on behalf of King Louis XVIII; He tried to get France the best deal possible
Talleyrand
Necker
Suffrage
National Assembly Phase
34. 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'
Bastille
Jacobins
Bourgeoisie
Age of Napoleon
35. A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them
Moderate Phase
Annex
Age of Napoleon
Republic
36. The political prison and armory stormed on July 14 & 1789 & by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles
Second Estate
Bastille
Abdicate
Guerrilla Warfare
37. Concerned with worldly rather than religious matters
Secular
Guerrilla Warfare
Quadruple Alliance
National Assembly
38. The most influential figure at the Congress of Vienna; wanted to restore the status quo of 1792
Committee of Public Safety
Battle of Trafalgar
Committee of Public Safety
Metternich
39. 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
Nepotism
Abdicate
Lafayette
40. Queen of France (wife of Louis XVI) Who was unpopular. Known as 'Madame deficit' due to her lavish spending.
Marie Antoinette
Republic
Radical Phase
Tennis Court Oath
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
Bastille
Committee of Public Safety
Waterloo
Marie Antoinette
42. Principle by Which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
Tennis Court Oath
Guerrilla Warfare
Legitimacy
National Assembly Phase
43. 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
Lafayette
Congress of Vienna
44. First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Moderate Phase that attempted to reform French government and society.
National Assembly Phase
Napoleon
Secular
45. The middle class
Waterloo
Continental System
Bourgeoisie
46. List of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general
Radical Phase
Plebiscite
Castlereagh
Cahiers
47. Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
Napoleon
Second Estate
Committee of Public Safety
Deficit Spending
48. 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
National Assembly Phase
Quadruple Alliance
Consulate
Marie Antoinette
49. The middle class
National Assembly Phase
Declaration of Plinitz
Bourgeoisie
Castlereagh
50. 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
The Directory
Plebiscite
Castlereagh
Napoleon