Global Studies 2 Flashcards
Social classes in France were called
estates
The third estate was made up of middle-class workers known as the
bourgeoisie
The name of Louis XVI’s financial advisor who was dismissed after suggesting the first and second estates should have their tax-exempt status revoked
Jacques Necker
What was the one condition that allowed French men to vote during the time of the revolution?
propertied men
When the third estate vowed not to separate and reassemble whenever necessary until a just Constitution is established, this was known as the
Tennis Court of Oath
When revolutionaries stormed a medieval fortress and political prison, allowing a handful of prisoners to escape, this was known as the
Storming of Bastille
This individual was head of the National Guard in France and fought alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War
Marquis de Lafayette
The French document that modeled the American Declaration of Independence and proclaimed all male citizens were equal before the law and had natural rights to “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression”
Declaration of the Rights of Man
When a group of women marched 13 miles from Paris to Versailles to confront Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, they demanded they move their royal residence where?
Paris
People who fled France during the revolution were called
emigres
Who was the head of the Committee of Public Safety in France?
Maximilien Robespierre
The period of time from September 1793 to July of 1794 in which people in France were arrested in large numbers, and many were executed for not supporting the revolution
Reign of Terror
The machine used to conduct beheadings was called the
guillotine
A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country is called
nationalism
The three-man governing board in France under Napoleon was called
Consulate
Lasting reforms and new laws made under Napoleon were commonly known as
Napoleonic Code
How did Napoleon aim to weaken Britain?
closing off ports to British ships
The Spanish conducted hit-and-run attacks against the French, which are known as
guerilla warfare
As Napoleon’s army pursued the Russians, they burned villages and crops as they retreated, this policy was known as the
scorched earth policy
European leaders meeting at a conference to try and restore stability and order to Europe following the reign of Napoleon was called the
Congress of Vienna
