Part 2 Flashcards
Machine designed to behead people, assciated with the French Revolution
Guillotine
A radical group of French Revolutionaries who used violence to defend the revolution
Jacobin
French legal system established in 1804
Napoleonic Code
Breakaway group formed by France’s Third Estate in June 1789
National Assembly
Process whereby public opinion divides, and is driven towards two extremes
Polarise
Large princely state in what is now northeast Germany
Prussia
Person who advocates widespread social or political reform
Radical
Person participating in a revolution
Revolutionary
P̷L̵E̵A̸S̵E̴
Radical French revolutionary, often from a lower-class background in Paris
Sans-culottes
H̸̬̙͈̟̖̹̃̓̏͠͝E̴̞̅͛̆L̴̹̑̈́P̴͈̦̘̝̻̞̽̐̿
Military strategy of destroying own land to disadvantage an invading force
Scorched earth
M̶̮̘̳̍̂͂͒̂͐͊͘͝Ę̷̖͎͕͈͙̳̭̃͂͌̀̕͠͠
Volcanic island in the South Atlantic, and place of final exile for Napoleon
St Helena
P̵̢̙̱͈̣̥̭͍̻̖̘̤͚̭̗͙͇̫̥̼͇̒͑͋̃́͑́̓̒̄͒́̑͑̈́̈́̀͒̒̚͘Ŗ̴̖̘̮̥̙͂̏̂̇̀O̷̧̞̘̱̫͍̱͚̥͇̯̘̥͕̐͐̿͌̽̈́̉̈́͂́͑͊̓͑̆͘͜͝ͅC̴̢̣̽̈̕E̴̢̧̢̛̤̗͈̠̮̣̬͓̩̪͎͇̰̳̣͊̋̈́͛̅̃̆͒̚͘Ę̵̧̨̛̛̖̘̺̺͇̮̲͍̥̭̳̤̭̄̒̇́̑͆͆̇͗̈́̑̎͂̊̀̉D̵̢̧̨̪͉͈̲̯̘͚̬̘̮̄͌͜ ̴̥̏T̶̛͇̐̿̀̽̉̐͊̒̔̑̀̄͘̚͘Ő̷̡̨͇͚̞͉̗͔̬̠̹̞̘̐̔̎͑̄̆̌͗̈́͂̂͐͋͜͠ͅ
Period of mass political executions during the French revolution from 1793-94
The Terror
P̷͔̖͇̠̬̖̄̾́̋Å̸̡̨̛̛͙͚̻̻̥̣͖̻̳͖͖̤̘͔̤͒̽̾̏̄̊͊̽̾͛͒̽̌̎̒͐̋́͐̕͝͝Ŕ̶̨̛̛̥͚̭̩̣̩̬̠̱̈́́̎́̓̃͑̾͊̐̅̆́͒̈́̏̔̉̄̆̐̓͊͌͑̋̓̈́̕T̸̡̫̖̪̙͙̙̦̘͙̱͙̦̻̐̉̌̈́͑̃̌͊̇͒͂̂̾̚̕̚͘͝
New country created by the 1800 act of Union
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Island
T̶̨̡̖̠͓̠̻̙̺͓̫̘̜͓͚͍̦͔̣̟̬̮͚̝̗͖͈̰̫̮̩͖̠̞̗̾̎͐͗͌̋̄̇̚͜͜ͅH̴̢̝̻̦͋͌͒́͋̚͠͠ͅŖ̵̡̢̛̛̘̯̙̙͙̯͉͉͔̮̣͇͓͙̖̖͖̙̲̗̱͕̣̬̹͉̘͓͈̘̮̦̯̜̣̐͌̌̽̉̂̃̆̈̈̈́̅̃̿̈́̀̇͋̉̍̚͠ͅĘ̵͙̠̰̝̻͕̘͚̱̮̩̠̟͓͚̋̔͐̃̂̊͂́͆͝Ę̷̢̡̣̰̝̣̗̦̩͎̟̖̩͉͌̄̏͠
Magnificent royal palace, home to the French monarchy
Versailles