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chpt20Napolean
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a social and political structure that created inequalities in French society. | Old Order |
| King during the revolution | King Louis XVI |
| Queen during the revolution | Marie-Antoinette |
| group made up of the Roman Catholic clergy (1% of the population) | First Estate |
| Group made up of the nobility (less than 2% of the population) | Second Estate |
| largest group made up of bourgeoisie,artisans and workers, and san culottes (97% of population) | Third Estate |
| city dwelling merchants, factory owners, and professionals (third estate) | bourgeoisie |
| Ones that wore long pants intead of the tight nobility pants | sans culottes |
| basic principles of the French Revolution. | Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen radical |
| known for intense dedication to the revolution | Maximilien Robespierre |
| a device that dropped a sharp heavy blade through the victims neck | guillotine |
| a revolution agaisnt a government that was established by a revolution | counterrevolution |
| series of accusation. executions,and trials causing fear throughout the country | Reign of Terror |
| a ruthlessly ambitious young man | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| commander of the British navy under Napoleon's trail | Admiral Horatio Nelson |
| Event where Napoleon forced members to give him the government | coup d'etat |
| a question put before all voters | plebiscite |
| plan that prohibited French of allied ships from trading with the French | Continental System |
| a sense of identity and unity as people | nationalism |
| a Russian ruler | Czar Alexander I |
| a brief period of renewed glory for Napoleon and of problems for his enemies | Hundred Days |
| Leader of British troops | Duke of Wellington |
| one of the most important negotiators | Prince Klemens Von Metternich |
| attended the negotiation on behalf of King Louis XVII | Charles Maurice De Talleyrand |
| a payment to other countries to compensate them for damages | indemnity |
| ideal that opposes progress but also want conditions to return to those of an earlier time | reactionary |