Chapter 18- French Revolution and Napoloen Flashcards
Accomplishments of Napoleon
- Napoleonic Code
- developed a powerful centralized government
- created a new aristocracy
- Concordat
- created a Bank of France
- supported education
- destroyed Second Coalition
up until 1789
Old Regime
France is most powerful country in Europe
Old Regime
France goes bankrupt
Old Regime
Helped the US during American Revolution
Old Regime
Society was divided into estates
Old Regime
June 17, 1789 to Sept. 1791
National Assembly
Wrote Constitution of 1791
National Assembly
Abolished feudalism
National Assembly
Civil Constitution of Clergy
National Assembly
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
National Assembly
Great Fear
National Assembly
Oct. 1791 to Sep. 1792
Legislative Assembly
Paris Commune
Legislative Assembly
United to fight foreign wars
Legislative Assembly
Declariton of Pillnitz
Legislative Assembly
Sep. 1792 to 1795
National Convention
executed Louis XVI
National Convention
Committee of Public Safety
National Convention
National education
National Convention
Stopped threat of foreign invasion
National Convention
Reign of Terror
National Convention
Began to codify laws
National Convention
Abolished slavery
National Convention
Adapted metric system
National Convention
1795 to 1799
Directory
Put down many protest
Directory
Coup overthrew this government
Directory
1799 to 1804
Napoleon as Consulate
Napoleonic Code
Napoleon as Consulate
Concordat
Napoleon as Consulate
Bank of France
Napoleon as Consulate
1804 to 1814
Napoleon as Emperor
Nationalism
Napoleon as Emperor
Napoleon dominated Europe
Napoleon as Emperor
Fighting countries for control of Europe
Napoleon as Emperor
Mar 1814 and on
Restored Monarchy
Bourbon monarchy restored to throne of France
Restored Monarchy
What two men were the head of the Committee of Public Safety?
- George Dante’s
2. Maxilian Robespierre
What two men were the head of the Committee of Public Safety?
- George Dante’s
2. Maxilian Robespierre
Who was the King of France before 1789 and the beginning of the French Revolution?
Louis XV
Who was the man who overthrew the government of France and made himself emperor?2
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the British General who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
Duke of Wellington
Who was the British admiral who defeated a combined French and Spanish navy at Trafalgar?
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Who the French Minister of Justice who sought to revenge on any supporters of the monarchy?
George Danton
Who was wife of Louis XVI who was executed?
Marie Antionette
Who was the wife of Napoleon?
Josephine
Whose death ended the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
Who was Napoleon’s brother who he made King of Spain?
King Joseph Bonaparte
Who was the Russian Czar who refused to follow the Continental System?
Czar Alexander 1
Who was the Pope who was going to crown Napoleon Emperor?
Pope Puis VII
Who was the woman who wanted the National Assembly to address woman’s rights, but they ignored her?
Olympe de Gouges
What was the name of the payments that were due to the nobles from the peasants?
Relics of feudalism
What is a sudden overthrow of the government by force?
Coup d’état
What is the name of the classes if people in France?
Estates
What teen applies to qualified voters?
Electors
What is extreme pride in ones country?
Nationalism
What is the name of the middle class of France?
Bourgeoisie
What is to give one tenth of income to the church?
Tithe
What was the policy to burn or destroy everything as the army retreats?
Scorched earth policy
What was the means used to execute most of the people during the French Revolution?
Guillotine
What was the term used to describe dissenting groups?
Factions
What was attempting to remove improbable if the Church in France?
Dechristianization
What is the term that applies to France before 1789?
Old Regime
What are the three parts of the Third Estate?
- Bourgeoisie
- Artisans & Laborers
- Peasants
What is the name of the French Parliament?
Estate General
What was the name used by the Third Estate when they formed a government of France to limit the power of the King?
National Assembly
What were the three classes of people in France?
- First Estate
- Second Estate
- Third Estate
What was taken by member of the Third Estate to write a new constitution for France and work to get it adapted?
Tennis Court Oathe
What was the name given to the summer of 1789 that was a period of panic in France and many acts of violence?
Great Fear
What was the name if the prison that was taken by the people of Paris?
Bastille
What was the documents adopted by the National Assembly that stated the rights of the people?
Declaration of the Rights if Man and Citizen
What was the government that was created by the Constitution of 1791?
Declaration of Pillnitz
What was the group that came to control Paris?
Mountains
What was the government of France that was supposed to create a French Republic?
National Convention
What was a large network of politicL groups throughout France?
Jacobin
What were the two main dissenting groups of the National Convention?
- Gerondians
2. Mountains
What was formed by the monarchs if Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic to create an alliance against France?
First Coalition
What was the committee of 12 men to direct the army in crushing all foreign invasions and to defend against domestic threats?
Committee of Public Safety
What was the name of the democratic republic that Robespierre wanted to create?
Republic if Virtue
What were the two houses if the Legislature under the Constitution id 1795?
- Council of 500
2. Council of Elders
What was the five men that were to make up the executive committee under the Constitution of 1795?
Directory
Who led the coup d’état?
Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte
What was the alliance formed by Britain, Austria, ad Russia to fight against France, they went to war with France in 1799?
Second Colation
What is the term that was given to the finished codification of the French law?1
Napoleonic Code
What was the agreement made with the Pope in 1801 that recognized the Catholic Church as the religion if the majority is the people of Franc:?
Concordat
