chapter 23 Flashcards
French society was organized into ____ estates since medieval days.
three estates
The Third Estate met here to draw up a new constitution in 1789.
Tennis Court
Large palace of the French monarchs.
Versailles
This was the large prison in Paris where political prisoners were held until executed.
Bastille
The Declaration of the _______ included ideas of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Rights of Man
The National Assembly believed that the ______ should lose its political power in the new revolutionary France.
Church
In June 1791, _____ tries to escape France but was apprehended and returned under guard to Paris.
Louis XVI
Of the three factions in the Legislative Assembly, the _____ was most opposed to monarchy rule.
Radicals
This machine was used for quick executions during the Reign of Terror.
Guillotine
Nobles who escaped Revolutionary France and hoped to foster a counter revolution were called _____
Emigres
Radical group who called for death to all who supported the monarchy.
Jacobins
Jacobin leader in 1793 who called for Committees of Public Safety and supported a Reign of Terror.
Robespierre
Committee of five men who acted as the executive of France in 1795.
Directory
Military commander born in Corsica.
Napoleon
A _____ d’Etat is a sudden seizure of power in a country.
Coup
This a vote by the people to approve a new constitution.
Plebiscite
The Napoleonic ______ was a uniform set of laws that it was hoped to eliminate many injustices.
Code
The _____ was to crown Napoleon Emperor in 1804, but instead Napoleon crowned himself emperor demonstrating that he was more powerful than the church leaders.
Pope
This was a key battle where Napoleon won fame and notoriety.
Austerlitz
Naval battle where the English became dominant on the open seas.
Trafalgar
The French Empire stretched across ______ from 1807-1812.
Europe
Napoleon’s ______ system intended to destroy Britain’s economy and create a self-sufficient Europe which would need little overseas trading empire.
Continental
Spanish and Portuguese peasant fights during the Peninsular War were called this.
Guerrillas
When Napoleon invaded ______, Tsar Alexander called for a scorched-earth policy of resistance.
Russia
Leader of Prussia in 1814.
Frederick William
Leader of Russia in 1814.
Alexander
Napoleon was exiled to ____ off the Italian coast in 1814.
Elba
This was Napoleon’s last battle during which he was decisively defeated and then exiled to St Helena, later to die in 1821.
Waterloo
Austrian prince that organized and led the alliance of the Great Powers in 1815.
Metternich
The Congress of ______ established a balance of power of the leading European countries in 1815.
Vienna
The war in ______ was the first time the Great Powers would fight against each other in the 1850s.
Crimea
Alexander, Francis I, and Frederick William agreed to form the _____ to fight against revolutionary forces opposed to Christian principles.
Holy Alliance
In _____ America, many Creoles attempted to wrestle control of colonial governments from European imperialism.
Latin
Reforms sprouting from the French Revolution led to _______ spreading throughout Europe including Italy, Germany, and Greece.
Nationalism
