Chapter 6 Flashcards
Bourgeoisie
Middle class
Émigrés
French nobles who fled France and were against the revolution
Jacobins
Radicals in the French national assembly
Suffrage
The right to vote
Nationalism
Pride in one’s nation
Secular
Not religious
Robespierre
Leader of the reign of terror
Continental system
Napoleonic system-closed European ports to British goods
Guerrilla warfare
Hit and run raids
Napoleonic code
New laws in France based on enlightenment ideas
Plebiscite
Yes or no vote, Napoleon use this to show his strength
How was the bastille viewed by many Frenchman
As a symbol of tyranny
What caused the economic crisis in France in 1789
Bad harvests, costly wars, deficient spending
What impact did the national debt have on France
It worsened the economic crisis
What happened after the tennis court oath
Royal troops gathered in Paris in the Bastille was stormed