French Revolution/Napoleon

Question 0

Who was in the 1st Estate?

Answer 0

Catholic clergy members- 1% of population 10% of land

Question 1

Which estate made up 80% of the population?

Answer 1

Third Estate

Question 2

Who made up the 2nd estate?

Answer 2

Rich Nobles-2% of population 20% of land

Question 3

Who was in the 3rd Estate?

Answer 3

Bourgeoisie- well educated sometimes more rich than nobles
Urban Workers-very poor often out of work
Peasants-mostly farmers

97% of population

Question 4

Who were extravagant spenders in France?

Answer 4

Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI

Question 5

Marie Antoinette’s nickname

Answer 5

Madame Defecit

Question 6

What was the meeting of the Estates General?

Answer 6

Assembly to agree on a new tax

Question 7

What was the old way of the Estates General?

Answer 7

Each estate met separately and had one vote

Question 8

How did the 3rd estate want to meet?

Answer 8

Everyone together and each delegate to have one vote

Question 9

What was the National Assembly?

Answer 9

Third Estate delegates proclaimed end of monarchy

Question 10

What was the 1st deliberate act of revolution in France?

Answer 10

The National Assembly

Question 11

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 11

National Assembly broke into tennis courts and promised to stay until a new constitution was written

Question 12

What was the Great Fear?

Answer 12

Peasants burned paperwork that forced them to pay taxes to nobles

Question 13

What did the women who marched on Versailles demand?

Answer 13

Cheaper bread and Louis and Marie to come back to Paris

Question 14

What were the 4 natural rights in the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

Answer 14

Life, Liberty, Security, and Resistance to Oppression

Question 15

What did the Assembly to in France?

Answer 15

State controlled church-church officials elected; sold church land

Established freedom of speech and religion

Question 16

What body was created when France became a constitutional monarchy?

Answer 16

The Legislative Assembly

Question 17

Who sat on the right; left; in the middle?

Answer 17

R- conservatives; opposed monarchy

L-radicals; wanted limited monarchy

M- moderates

Question 18

Who were the Émigrés?

Answer 18

Nobles and others who fled France-wanted old regime back

Question 19

Who were the Sans-Culottes?

Answer 19

They wore long pants- common people

Question 20

What did Austria and Prussia demand to ensure France wouldn’t be attacked?

Answer 20

That Louis and Marie weren’t hurt

Question 21

What was the September Massacre?

Answer 21

French people raided prisons and killed 1st and 2nd estate members

Question 22

What did the National Convention do?

Answer 22

Deposed king
Dissolved assembly
Declared France a republic

Question 23

What did Jean-Paul Marat do?

Answer 23

Printed lists of people he thought should be killed

Question 24

Another important Jacobin

Answer 24

Danton

Question 25

What was the guillotine?

Answer 25

Machine used for execution in France

Question 26

What age citizens were drafted?

Answer 26

18-40

Question 27

What did Robspierre do?

Answer 27

Changed calendar-no Sunday-renamed days; closed all churches in Paris

Question 28

Who ruled in the reign of terror?

Answer 28

Robspierre

Question 29

What was the new system after Robspierre?

Answer 29

2 legislative houses; executive body of 5 men called the Directory

Question 30

What did Napoleon do to scare royalist protesters?

Answer 30

Fired blanks in the cannons and scared them away without killing or destroying anything

Question 31

What took the place of the Directory?

Answer 31

A group of 3 consoles-people ruling together

Question 32

What is a Coup'd'etat?

Answer 32

Sudden seizure of power- means blow to the state

Question 33

What is a plebiscite?

Answer 33

Vote of the people

Question 34

What was Napoleons Plebiscite for?

Answer 34

A new construction that made him the only ruler

Question 35

What did Napoleon do to help the economy?

Answer 35

Efficient tax collection; national bank; set up lycees

Question 36

What is a lycée?

Answer 36

Public school

Question 37

How did Napoleon fix the religious problem in France?

Answer 37

Signing agreement with pope saying that he recognized church authority in his country

Question 38

What legal system did Napoleon create?

Answer 38

Napoleonic code

Question 39

What unprecedented thing did Napoleon do?

Answer 39

Took crown from pope and crowned HIMSELF emporer

Question 40

What French colony demanded rights?

Answer 40

Saint Dominigue

Question 41

Who did Napoleon sell his American land to?

Answer 41

Thomas Jefferson

Question 42

Who fought against France in battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 42

Britain, Russia, Australia, and Sweden

Question 43

Who led the British in Trafalgar?

Answer 43

Nelson

Question 44

Who did Napoleon marry?

Answer 44

Marie Louise

Question 45

What were Napoleons 3 mistakes?

Answer 45

1. Continental System-blockade of Brittain 2. Peninsular War- sent army through Spain to get to Portugal 3. Invaded Russia- they tricked him by leading him inland behind a burnt path

Question 46

Where was Napoleon exiled the first time?

Answer 46

Elba

Question 47

What happened when Nap. Escaped Elba.

Answer 47

Became emporer of France again and defeated again

Question 48

Where was he exiled to 2nd time?

Answer 48

St. Helena

Question 49

What was the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 49

Meetings to rebuild Europe

Question 50

Who's ideas were used in the congress?

Answer 50

Matter much

Question 51

What were Matternich's ideas?

Answer 51

- surround France with strong countries | - restore a balance of power

Question 52

What was the Holy Alliance?

Answer 52

Alliance between Russia, Austria, Prussia to stop the revolution

Question 53

Concert of Europe

Answer 53

European nations would help each other if rebellion broke out; bigger than Holy Alliance

Question 54

Where did revolutionary ideas spread?

Answer 54

Latin America

Question 55

What is Nationalism?

Answer 55

Citizens share same beliefs with each other and government; people come from same culture