Ch17 - People Flashcards
Which French monarch was know for his display of pomp and splendor?
Louis XIV
What was the nickname for Louis XIV?
“Sun King”
Louis XIV was the longest reigning king in history. How many years did he rule?
70 years
Which Cardinal ruled for the child-king Louis XIV?
Cardinal Mazarin
Which Cardinal groomed Cardinal Mazarin to rule for Louis XIV?
Cardinal Richelieu
Who was Louis XIV’s minister of finance?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Who was the “Father of New France” and founded the first permanent French colony in America?
Samuel de Champlain
What was the first permanent French colony in America?
Quebec
Who was the “Father of the Enlightenment”?
Voltaire
Who was the “Father of French Romanticism”?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who was the editor of the Encyclopedia?
Denis Diderot
Which grandson of Louis XIV predicted doom for France?
Louis XV
During whose reign did the French Revolution start?
Louis XVI
Who was Louis XVI’s wife that was beheaded during the Reign of Terror?
Marie Antoinette
Which member of the Committee of Public Safety was a prominent member of the Jacobin Club and became the most influential man in the French Government during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre
Which French dictator overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the greatest naval hero that the world has ever known (the commander of the British navy at the Battle of Trafalgar).
Lord Horatio Nelson
Which daughter of the Austrian emperor became Napoleon’s second wife when she was 18 years old?
Marie Louise
Which Russian czar withdrew his country from the Continental System and began to trade with England?
Czar Alexander I
Which brother of Louis XVI was crowned after Napoleon was exiled?
Louis XVIII
Which English general defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
Duke of Wellington
