Revolution and Change

Question 1

Second Estate

Answer 1

Nobility, exempt from taxes

Question 2

St. Helena

Answer 2

where Napolean was exiled after the Battle of Waterloo

Question 3

Rights of Man and Citizen

Answer 3

document ensuring the liberty and equality of men in France, written 1879

Question 4

Talleyrand

Answer 4

conducted foreign affairs at the congress of Vienna, redrew the European borders after napoleon’s takeover

Question 5

The Hundred Days

Answer 5

the amount of time between Napoleon’s first exile to Elba and his return to France, where he gathered an army of 100,000 to take it over again

Question 6

Third Estate

Answer 6

97% of the French population, “middle” nobility to peasants

Question 7

Trafalgar

Answer 7

Britain vs France and Spain: Napoleon lost, ensured he would never invade Britain.

Question 8

Ancient Regime

Answer 8

french society pre-revolution: feudal system, monarchy, etc.

Question 9

Balance of Power

Answer 9

prevent one nation to become so powerful that they threaten others

Question 10

Fall of Bastille

Answer 10

Set off the revolution, happened after Necker died. Raided Bastille because it had weapons and gunpowder, also a symbol of oppression

Question 11

Battle of Waterloo

Answer 11

Napolean’s final battle before being completely exiled to St. Helena where he died

Question 12

Bourgeoisie

Answer 12

land and factory owners

Question 13

Charlotte Corday

Answer 13

girondin, executed Marat, believed revolution would do more harm than good

Question 14

Concordat of 1801

Answer 14

agreement between Napolean and the Catholic Church: catholicism can be the favoured religion of France but there is still religious freedom. government has strict control of the church

Question 15

Constitutional Monarchy

Answer 15

monarchy must listen and obey the parliament when making decisions

Question 16

Danton

Answer 16

revolutionary leader, September massacres

Question 17

Elba

Answer 17

the island Napolean was first exiled to

Question 18

Emigres

Answer 18

people who were pro kig

Question 19

First Estate

Answer 19

clergy

Question 20

Louis XVI

Answer 20

last king of France before the fall of the monarchy. was not performing his duties as King.

Question 21

Marat

Answer 21

Newspaper writer, “the people’s friend”, pro-revolutionary and anti-monarchy, after he is fatally stabbed in the bath by Charlotte Cordray he became the face of the Reign of Terror

Question 22

Marie Antionette

Answer 22

louis xvi wife, from austria “madame deficit” because she spent lots of money and bragged about it (published it to the paper), peasants come after her because of food shortage and starvation

Question 23

National Assembly

Answer 23

new government of the third estate - truly represented the interests of the french people. resulted in freedom of religion and press, legal equality, equal taxation, and a constitutional monarchy

Question 24

Reign of Terror

Answer 24

lasted for a year: people were executed on suspicion of counterrevolution(anyone who was disloyal, not just the nobility). happened because Robespierre became obsessed with violence and executed too many people

Question 25

Republic of Virtue

Answer 25

Robispierre’s downfall: he starts a new religion, the goddess of reason. Created a new list of enemies of the state but doesn’t say who is on the list. he soon dies from execution

Question 26

Robespierre

Answer 26

created the guillotine

Question 27

Rousseau

Answer 27

people are born innocent but corrupted by society, therefore a reform of society and education was needed

Question 28

Sans-Culottes

Answer 28

peasants during the ancient regime

Question 29

Scorched Earth Policy

Answer 29

russians burned moscow before the french could reach it

Question 30

napoleon on a horse

Answer 30

“Napoleon crossing the alps” painted by David. Important because it showed off what the others couldn’t do