Chapter 7 Study Guide Flashcards
What was the slogan of revolution in France?
Liberty, equality, and fraternity.
Bastille Day was the day when…
A mob looking for gunpowder and arms stormed Bastile, a Paris prison. It was one of the greatest act of revolution to the French people.
The Declaration of of Rights and Man stated…
Men are born free and equal in rights, inc. liberty, prosperity, security, resistance to oppression.
What was the Reign of Terror?
The time in France where Robeierre, a Jacobin leader, ruled. He tried “enemies” of the Revolution and often had them tried in the morning and guillotined by nightfall.
85% of those murdered were middle class, those whom the revolution sought to protect.
Napoleon’s accomplishments during peacetime…
Kept many changes of the Revolution in France.
Efficient tax system and national banking system to help the economy
Took steps to end corruption and inefficiency I’m government.
Set up lycées, government public schools, to educate officials and avoid corruption.
What was the napoleonic code?
Comprehensive system of laws which gave France a uniform set of laws. Limited individual rights
T or F
Napoleon suffered minor defeat at the Battle of Trafagar, fought on land.
FALSE
In his quest for a European empire, he LOST the major battle of Trafagar. It was a naval battle and it maintained British naval supremacy for 100 yrs.
Forced Napoleon to give up invading Britain.
Napoleon and Portugal
One of five free European areas.
Congress of vienna’s main goals?
Based on METTERNICH’S ideals, the Congress wanted to…
1) Prevent French Revolution
2) balance power among countries so that no one country could threaten the others
3) Legitimacy, restoring all possible rulers driven out by Napoleon to throne. Helped stabilize political relations among the nations.
Who leaded the Congress of Vienna?
Prince Klemens Von Metternich, a foreign minister of Austria.
