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French Rev-Congress
French Revolution through the Congress of Vienna
Question | Answer |
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The wealthiest merchants and artisans of the Third Estate | bourgeoisie |
national razor-used heavily in the Reign of Terror | Guillotine |
This legal document attempted to give all citizens of France more Liberty imitating the American Declaration of Independence | Declaration of Rights of Man |
Ideals of the Enlightenment with emphasis on Order, Security and Efficiency | Napoleonic Code |
The July 20,1789 pledge by the third estate proclaimed it the sovereign power of France while promising to create a constitution | Tennis Court Oath |
This was the first national government of the French Revolution: 1789-1791. | National Assembly |
Nobles | Second Estate |
This was the first country to rebel against Napoleon's rule. He placed his brother on the throne | Spain |
Overthrew the Directory and crowned himself Emperor in 1804 | Napoleon |
Attempt to keep peace throughout Europe, restored Monarchy | Congress of Vienna |
Separation of classes in pre-revolutionary France | Estates System |
Spending more money than is taken in | deficit spending |
represented a successful attack on the tyranny of the Old Regime. | seizure of the Bastille |
This country led to the downfall of Napoleon | Russia |
Peasants and Middle Class | Third Estate |
First Estate | Clergy |
This small group, led by Robespierre, oversaw the Reign of Terror | Committee of Public Safety |
This governing body wanted a constitutional monarchy in France | National Assembly |
Causes of the French Revolution | American Revolution, Enlightenment Ideas, Food Shortages, Estate System, Absolutism |
In what ways did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution | Showed what a successful revolution looked like and inspired an end to Absolutism |
Explain the reign of terror: Who led it? Why was it referred to as such? What tools was instrumental to it? | Led by Maximilien Robespierre and the committee of Public Safety. Arrested and executed with the guillotine, people that were against the Revolution. |