French Revolution

Question 1

Popular Sovereignty:

Answer 1

Authority derived from the people rather than from God or tradition.

Question 2

3 classes called “Estates” or the orders of France:

Answer 2

1. First Estate consisted of the clergy.
2. Second Estate consisted of the Nobility.
3. Third Estate consisted of everyone else.

Question 3

Bourgeoisie:

Answer 3

Elite of wealthy commoners who were merchants, manufacturers, and professionals.

Question 4

A body of deputies from the three estates or orders.

Answer 4

The Estates General

Question 5

“Tennis Court Oath:”

Answer 5

They agreed not to separate until they had given France a constitution.

Question 6

Bastille:

Answer 6

July 14, 1789, a huge fortified prison that symbolized royal authority.

Question 7

Great Fear:

Answer 7

A period of panic and riot by rural peasants, amid rumors, “aristocratic conspiracy” to overthrow the Third Estate.

Question 8

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen:

Answer 8

“Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.”

Question 9

Political “clubs” in French devotedly radical republican and left wing group:

Answer 9

Jacobins

Question 10

The Slogans and values that will define the revolution:

Answer 10

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

Question 11

Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Cordy, a Girondin sympathizer. Convention agreed to establish:

Answer 11

“Revolutionary armies and the committee of Public Safety.

Question 12

Between September 5, 1793 and July 27, 1794. This period is called the:

Answer 12

Reign of Terror

Question 13

French enlightenment thinkers believed if they could just get rid of __________________________________________________, humanity would enter a new Golden Age.

Answer 13

Religion, Monarchy, and Inequality.

Question 14

To replace the Catholic Church:

Answer 14

Cult of Reason and Cult of Supreme Being.

Question 15

Fearing for the safety of its members, in July 1794, the convention ended the Terror, by arresting and executing:

Answer 15

Robespierre and his followers

Question 16

Dies with Robespierre:

Answer 16

Fear of another terror or a return to the oppressive monarchy that proceeded it.

Question 17

Next the Directory sent Napoleon and an army to Egypt in 1789:

Answer 17

In the hopes of cutting off the British trade routes to India.

Question 18

2nd century B.C. artifact will unlock the lost ancient Egyptian culture.

Answer 18

Rosetta Stone

Question 19

Napoleon became ______________________, a title received from the ancient Roman Republic.

Answer 19

First Consul

Question 20

Napoleon created an administrative Bureaucracy based on the ancient Roman ____________________ relationship.

Answer 20

Patron client

Question 21

Napoleon’s civil Accomplishments
- The civil code of 1804:

Answer 21

It did not allow privileges based on birth (such as nobility). It allowed freedom of religion, equal protection under law for all males.

Question 22

Napoleon’s military innovations:

Answer 22

1. Creation of the Grande Armee
2. The Corps
3. Artillery
4. Spy Network

Question 23

It is regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon.

Answer 23

Austerlitz

Question 24

Annexing some territories, Napoleon,

Answer 24

Napoleon abolished serfdom, eliminated seigneurial due, introduced the Napoleonic code, suppressed monasteries, subordinated church to state, and extended civil rights to Jews.

Question 25

Will lead to increasing dissent in occupied territories:

Answer 25

Increased taxes and conscription to support conquests and occupations.

Question 26

Resistance was greatest in:

Answer 26

Spain and Portugal

Question 27

The continental system:

Answer 27

Napoleon’s attempt to isolate Great Britain by forbidding any Nations from trading with them.

Question 28

Deep into Russia:

Answer 28

Borodina

Question 29

Leipzig:

Answer 29

Battle of the Nations

Question 30

The french senate deposed Napoleon in March 1814, and exiled him to the:

Answer 30

Island of Elba

Question 31

Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an:

Answer 31

Outlaw

Question 32

The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary wars and the Napoleonic wars.

Answer 32

Congress of Vienna

Question 33

Conservatives believed in:

Answer 33

Order, society, and the state, faith, and tradition.

Question 34

Political Instability in South America:

Answer 34

Monroe Doctrine