CH. 6, The French Revolution

Question 1

Three Estates

Answer 1

First Estate- Clergy, pays NO taxes
Second Estate- Nobility, pays NO taxes
Third Estate- Everyone else (middle class, lower class, and peasants), pays ALL the taxes

Question 2

Bourgeoisie

Answer 2

Middle Class

Question 3

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 3

Members of the National Assembly vow to write a Constitution for the people of France

Question 4

Storming the Bastille

Answer 4

Mob storms the Bastille, symbolic start of the Revolution

Question 5

deficit spending

Answer 5

Government spending more money than it makes

Question 6

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Answer 6

National Assembly writes the declaration

States, “all men are born and remain free and equal in rights”.

Question 7

Women March on Versailles

Answer 7

A mob of women march to Versailles, angry they do not have bread
Refuse to leave until the king and his family move from Versailles to Paris

Question 8

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Answer 8

Bishops and priests become elected officials

Closes monasteries and convents

Question 9

Constitution of 1791

Answer 9

Written by the National Assembly
Sets up a limited monarchy
Lawmakers would be elected by tax paying citizens

Question 10

emigres

Answer 10

Nobles, clergy, and others who fled France to other countries

Question 11

Declaration of Pilnitz

Answer 11

Monarchs in Prussia and Austria threaten to intervene to protect the French monarchy

Question 12

Sans-Culottes

Answer 12

Working class men and women who held radical views

Question 13

Jacobins

Answer 13

A radical political group made up mostly of lawyers and intellectuals

Question 14

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 14

12 member committee who held almost absolute power in order to crush ALL opposition to the revolution

Question 15

Reign of Terror

Answer 15

Period of time in which 16,000-40,000 people were executed for being enemies of the republic.
Executions were conducted by the guillotine

Question 16

Marie Antoinette

Answer 16

Queen of France during the Revolution

Found guilty of treason and executed by the guillotine

Question 17

Robespierre

Answer 17

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror

Question 18

Napoleon

Answer 18

Famous army general who gained favor with the French public and was named emperor of France.
Used his military background to wage wars against Europe and gain territory for France.
Reformed many laws and created the Napoleonic Code

Question 19

plebiscite

Answer 19

A ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote.

Question 20

Napoleonic Code

Answer 20

A new set of laws based on Enlightenment ideas of equality of all citizens, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit
Takes away women’s rights

Question 21

annex

Answer 21

Add an area outright

Example: Napoleon annexes, or adds, parts of Italy to France’s empire

Question 22

Louis XVI

Answer 22

King of France during the Revolution

Found guilty of treason and executed by the guillotine

Question 23

blockade

Answer 23

Purposely shutting off ports to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
Example: Napoleon closes European ports to Britain

Question 24

guerilla warfare

Answer 24

literally translates to ‘little war’.

Example: Spain wages guerilla warfare against Napoleon

Question 25

abdicate

Answer 25

To give up power.

Napoleon abdicates the throne and is exiled to the island of Elba

Question 26

Battle of Waterloo

Answer 26

Napoleon returns from exile and leads French troops to battle Britain.
British troops crush the French and Napoleon is exiled a second time

Question 27

Congress of Vienna

Answer 27

Gathering of European leaders to restore the balance of power and ensure international peace
Redraw the map of Europe
Its decisions influence Europe for over 100 years (until WWI)

Question 28

Sir Percy Blakeney

Answer 28

Wealthy British noble

In public, plays a fool so that no one suspects him of being the Scarlet Pimpernel

Question 29

Marguerite

Answer 29

Wife of Sir Percy
Member of the 3rd Estate
Helps in the Scarlet Pimpernel’s final plot to save the dauphin

Question 30

Armand

Answer 30

Brother of Marguerite

Works for Chauvelin and the Committee of Public Safety but also secretly works for the League of the Pimpernel

Question 31

Chauvelin

Answer 31

Works for the Committee of Public Safety

Mission to find the Scarlet Pimpernel

Question 32

Scarlet Pimpernel

Answer 32

Creates elaborate disguises in order to save French aristocrats from the guillotine