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WH C11 Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What were the Three Estates and what percentage of the population was each? | 1st .5%, 2nd 1.5%, 3rd 98% |
| 2. The Third Estate wanted a national ________________ where all people will be equal. When they went to vote on it, they were locked out so they met on a __________________. | Constitution, Tennis Court |
| 3. The storming of what French prison was the official start to the French Revolution? Why did the Third Estate storm the prison? | Bastille, to free their friends who the king put in prison |
| 4. Who were the king of France and his wife during the French Revolution? How did they react to the problems? They did this twice. | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled from the palace twice |
| 5. What does sans-culottes mean? What did the sans-culottes do to the king? What did they use to do it? (book example) | Without fancy pants, they had the king beheaded with the guillotine |
| 6. Marat was a supporter for the killing of ________. Charlotte ___________ killed him while he was in an ________________ bath because she thought the king was so awesome. (book example) | King, Corday, oatmeal |
| 7. What was the Reign of Terror? Who was in charge of it? Give an example from either Nantes or Lyon. | It was a time of the revolutionaries killing all their dissenters, it was led by Robespierre that burned a ship of dissenters in Nantes |
| 8. What did Robespierre do in France in regards to religion? Give an example of what he did. | He banned religion in France and renamed the churches temples of reason |
| 9. What is nationalism? Why was the French revolutionary army a good example of nationalism? | Love for your country not one specific leader The French army is a good example because the soldiers were fighting for the freedom of their country, not just the king |
| 10. Who voted to have Robespierre killed? What was the name of that new government? | The directory, which was a weak government of 5 people that lasted about a year |
| 11. Who committed a coup detat on the new government? What is a coup detat? | Napoleon committed a coup detat which means a quick overthrow of a government |
| 12. How much power did Napoleon have in the new French government? | Total power. He called himself the emperor. |
| 13. Describe the Napoleonic Code. How did it treat women? | It was a civil code of laws that gave everyone rights in France but women. |
| 14. Which modern day countries did Napoleon’s empire control all or part of? Which important European country didn’t get taken over thanks to their strong navy? | Almost all of Europe except England, |
| 15. Why did nationalism grow under Napoleon? | He either made Frenchmen proud of France’s power or the people he took over felt united to fight back against him. |
| 16. Napoleon brought 600,000 troops to ____________. Their enemies retreated and _______ it’s own cities in the process so the French army would not have supplies. In the end, Napoleon retreated and ended up with only ____________ soldiers left. | Russia, burned, 40,000 |
| After his defeat, Napoleon was fired and sent to the island of ____ which is off the coast of __. He then escaped, and reassembled his ____, only to get pwnd by the Prussians in __, Belgium. | Elba, Italy, army, Waterloo, |
| After getting defeated for the final time, France sent Napoleon to __ which is an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. | St. Helena |
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