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Klabunde History 11

French Revolution

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The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was: a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French Constitution (it was divided into 3 groups--radical, moderates, and conservatives)
Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly's decrees because... thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace and forced him and his family back to Paris
The term sans-culottes, meaning "without breeches," implied that the members of this political group were: ordinary patriots without fine clothes.
The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to: defend France from threats.
The National Convention attempted to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason so they: pursued a policy of de-christianization, going so far as to adopt a new calendar without Sunday
The three major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire were: the French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states.
What were the two major reasons that Napoleons's Grand Empire collapsed? the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed: equal rights for all men, but NO political rights for women.
The difference between the Girondins and the Mountain was that: the Girondins leaned toward keeping the king alive, while the Mountain wanted the king executed.
Maximilien Robespierre: was the brutal head of the committee of public safety
The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was: the civil code.
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was: based on ability only, not rank or birth.
The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by: retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at... Waterloo in Belgium.
Storming of Bastille: event that began the French Revolution
Lawmaking body established by the Constitution of 1791 Legislative Assembly
Used by revolutionaries to execute opponents: guillotine
King Louis XVI Wife was Marie Antoinette (nicknamed madame deficit); when his family tried to escape he was recognized because of his face on a coin
He was head of the Committee for Public Safety: Maximilien Robespierre
coup d' etat a sudden overthrow of the government
Preserved most of the rights of the people gained by the revolution: Napoleonic Code
Elba island off the coast of Tuscany, where Napoleon was first exiled
The site of Napoleon's final defeat. Waterloo
ESSAY QUESTION--pick one to answer on test Be able to explain the 3 estates in French Society. (population, taxes, ownership of land, etc.) OR list what were the causes the French Revolution
Jacobin Club radical group led by Jean-Paul Marat; he was stabbed in his bathtub
Congress of Vienna: maintained peace throughout Europe for 40 years; it was conservative; the goals were balance of power and the Principle of Legitimacy
John Locke: proposed that all people have the natural rights of life, liberty and property
The Enlightenment: also known as the Age of Reason
The Estates General: hadn't met in 175 years
Napoleon's coup d' etat: overthrew the Directory to establish his consulate
The Scientific Revolution: movement in the 1500's that was brought about by man's desire for knowledge and a better way of doing things
Continental System: established by Napoleon in order to punish Great Britain by ordering European countries to block trade with them
The causes of the French Revolution can be narrowed to five main factors: The causes of the French Revolution can be narrowed to five main factors: the Estate System, absolutism, Enlightenment ideas, food shortages, and the American Revolution
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