French Revolution Flashcards
About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?
97%
What happened on July 14, 1789 which today is celebrated in France as Bastille Day?
The Storming of the Bastille.
What was the “slogan of the French Revolution”?
Liberty, equality, and fraternity.
During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?
Nobody.
What were the important goals of the Congress of Vienna?
Compensation, legitimacy, and balance of power.
Who was the leader at the Congress of Vienna?
Prince Klemens von Metternich.
What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?
The king needed money.
Which group imposed the Reign of Terror.
The Committee of Public Safety
Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?
His own people
How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?
They blocked trade to Europe.
Describe the tax system in France in the years before the French Revolution?
The rich paid almost nothing while the poor paid everything.
Name three of Napoleon’s accomplishments?
The Napoleonic Code, he stabilized the economy of Europe with taxes, he spread free public education for kids.
What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?
The scorched earth policy.
Name three accomplishments of Klemens von Metternich at the Congress of Vienna?
They wanted reparations (compensation) , legitimacy, and a balance of power. Also buffer states to strengthen countries to keep them from being overthrown.
Define nationalism.
When countries longed for self-rule and the restoration of their customs and traditions/ supporting your country to an extreme level.
Besides the scorched-earth policy, what was major factor in Napoleon’s failure to defeat Russia?
Cold Russian weather and long supply lines.
Name three groups that belonged to the Third Estate.
Anybody that wasn’t a noble or a member of the Catholic Church.
Who was the first King of France after the end of the French Revolution?
Louis the 18th.
King Louis XVI left Versailles for Paris when his palace was surrounded by what group?
Angry women who couldn’t feed their children.
Name three facts about the guillotine.
Named after the man who invented it, seen as a humane form of execution, it provided equality in death.
What group took the Tennis Court Oath?
National Assembly.
What was the Great Fear?
A wave of violence throughout France.
Name three things that contributed to the French financial crisis.
First and second estate wouldn’t pay taxes, France spent tons of money on the American revolution, Louis the 16th and his wife spent tons of money.
Who did Napoleon overthrow to take control of France?
The French Directory.
