History French Rev Flashcards
Who’s part of the 1st estate
Clergy
Who’s part of the 2nd estate
Nobles
Who’s part of the 3rd estate
Bourgeoise
Radicals wanted
A republic
Conservatives wanted
Limited monarchy
What was the slogan of the French Rev
Liberty, equality, fraternity
How did France’s social divisions in the late 1700s contribute to the French Rev
Members of the 3rd estate were dissatisfied with social and economic inequality
Why was the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, an important event in the French Rev
It challenged King’s authority
What best describes France’s gov according to Constitution of 1791
Limited monarchy
An attack on this building to steal weapons started French Rev
Bastille
In which ways did Directory maintain changes that had taken place during French Rev
Republic continued to be governed without king
Which group in France would have been least likely to support Reign of Terror
Emigres
How did Directory’s actions ultimately lead to rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
Directory was weak and corrupt
What best explains the conditions that led to reign of terror
Committee of Public Safety had absolute power
How did France’s radical revolutionaries try to protect the rev
By writing new constitution
Napoleonic Code was a reform of France’s
Legal system
Chief goal of Congress of Vienna was to
Preserve peace through balance of power
What did not apply to 3rd estate
Paid few taxes
What made up 3 estates under France’s old regime
Clergy, commoners, nobility
What is one way that Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen was similar to the Declaration of Independence
It stated that function of gov was to protect individual rights
What best describes impact of Declaration of Rights of Man and of Citizen
Put into practice ideals of Enlightenment
What goal was most likely to be supported by both poor peasants and wealthy city merchants in early years of French Rev
End to feudal priveleges
What man was leader to Jacobins and later became leader of France
Maximilian Robespierre
What country was Napoleon’s biggest enemy
Britain
Napoleon appointed his brother Joseph, to be king of __________ after they ran the royal fam out
Spain
Death of ________ ended Reign of Terror in France
Robespierre
When King Louis XVI locked members of legislature out of Estates General, they created their own meeting place and made the
Tennis court oath
Which group of people met to determine how to divide Europe after Napoleon’s reign ended
Congress of Vienna
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
did not rule from the Palace of Versailles until they died
Robespierre began
Reign of terror
What constitution is not still used in France today
Constitution of 1791
Who were the Bourgeoisie
Middle class people who were part of 3rd estate
Who were Emigres
Nobles who fled France during rev
Women who marched on Versailles wanted to
Protest rising price of bread not steal it from king
1st estate was made up of
Clergy who owned 10% of land
What was not a reason the French people wanted change
Thriving economics in France
During Ancient Regime, who had to pay taxes
3rd estate
What were economic problems during 1780s in France
Crop failure, high cost of living, price of bread doubled
Why did Louis XVI have to call meeting of Estates General in 1789
He wanted to raise taxes on 1st and 2nd estates, but parliament said no
Symbol of French Rev and act that began rev was
Storming of Bastille
Who were Sans-Culottes
Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted the rev to bring greater change
How did King Louis XVI die
Executed by guillotine
What gov came after end of Robespierre’s Reign of Terror
2 house legislature and executive body of five men known as the Directory
What is Coup d’etat
Seizure of power by military force
Which country used the Scorched earth policy to help defeat Napoleon’s army
Russia
Napoleon’s greatest work was his Napoleonic Code which did all following except
Limited freedom of speech, limited freedom of press, restored slavery to French colonies in Caribbean
Eventually, Napoleon became __________ of France
Emperor
British and Prussian forces defeated Napoleon for final time at
Battle of Waterloo
At end of it all, France’s was governed by
Absolute monarchy
