france-ch17(pt.2) Flashcards
controlled France through terror and violence
Committee of Public Safety
led the Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
how many people were executed during the Reign of Terror
About 40,000
the “Reign of Terror” was bloodiest at the same time that ______ was at its peak
Atheism
executed by a guillotine in 1794
Robespierre
rejected Scripture and viewed God as an impersonal being revealed only in nature that must be sought through men’s reason
Deism
replaced the Committee of Public Safety
The Directory
Led the French army in campaigns in France, Italy, and Egypt during the Revolution
Napoleon
Date that Napoleon overthrew France’s government and established the Consulate
1799
Napoleon overthrew France’s government and established what form of government?
Consulate
Napoleon became the ____ of france
dictator
an election in which the people express their will
Plebiscite
Napoleon brought peace through his law code called _____
Code Napoleon
formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic Church
Concordat
Napoleon’s most significant accomplishment
Concordat
In 1805, Napoleon crowned himself _____ of the French
emperor
Napoleon sold the _________ to the United States as a result of a slave revolt in Haiti
Louisiana Territory
where was the slave revolt
Haiti
England defeated Napoleon’s navy in the Mediterranean Sea
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
greatest naval hero the world has ever known; led the British fleet to victory
Lord Horatio Nelson
Napoleon’s greatest military victory
Battle of Austerlitz
Date that Napoleon controlled almost all of the land of Europe
1812
Napoleon ordered that any nation allied with France was not allowed to trade with England
Continental System
withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812
Czar Alexander I
Napoleon’s greatest enemy in the Russian invasion
the weather/the Russian winter
Europe defeated Napoleon’s broken army
Battle of Leipzig/ “Battle of Nations”
Napoleon was exiled to the island of ____ and _____ was crowned king
Elba
Louis XVIII
Napoleon’s final defeat
Battle of Waterloo
second/final exile of Napoleon
St. Helena
