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Stover Chapter 23
The French Revolution and Napoleon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| About what percent of France's population belonged to the Third Estate? | 98 |
| The Third Estate was unique from the other estates because they were the only one to | pay taxes |
| The group within the Third Estate that embraced the Enlightenment ideas were the | bourgeoisie |
| What forced the kind to call a meeting of the Estates-General? | taxing Second Estate |
| The National Assembly lost the support of the peasants when they took land and independence from the | Catholic church |
| The slogan of the French Revolution was | Liberty, equality, brotherhood |
| The group that carried out the Reign of Terror was the | Committee of Public Safety |
| Napoleon established a uniform set of ________, stabilized the ____________, and provided equal opportunity ____________ | laws, economy, education |
| Great Britain reacted to the Continental System by setting up its own | blockade |
| The main goal of the Congress of Vienna was to establish _____________ and _____________ in Europe | security, stability |
| The First Estate was made up of the | clergy |
| The members of the Legislative Assembly who were most conservative int heir views were called | right wing |
| The Great Fear was a panic among France's | peasants |
| _________ death ended the Reign of Terror | Robespierre |
| France fought the Peninsular War in | Spain |
| Napoleon suffered his last military defeat at | Waterloo |
| Napoleon's second reign as emperor was called the | Hundred Days |
| In 1815, Austria, Russia, and Prussia entered into an agreement called the | Holy Alliance |
| Both the French and American Revolution were fought over unfair | taxation |
| What type of governemnt were both the French and American revolutionaries fighting? | monarch |
| Both the French and English kings needed to increase taxes to pay for expensive | wars |
| Both the French and American revolutionaries were influenced by the philosophers during the | Enlightenment |
| The French revolutionaries were fighting to end an unfair __________ system, whereas the American revolutionaries were figting for their ___________ | class, independence |
| The French revolutionaries killed other _____________, whereas the American revolutionaries killed ____________ soldiers | French, British |
| About what percent of France's population belonged to the First and Second Estates? | 2,3 |
| The National Assembly was originally set-up by the | Third Estate |
| The ___________ supported the Catholic church's status and independence | peasants |
| Name three people killed at the guillotine | Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre |
| Robespierre was forced to die by fellow | revolutionaries |
| The French people embraced Napoleon as emperor so soon after riding themselves of king Louis XVI because he restored | order |
| Napoleon intially gained the favor of the French people when he protected the National Assembly from | royalists |
| Napoleon was well received as emperor because he made | reforms |
| The scorched earth policy was used by ___________ as ___________ invaded ________ | Russian troops, Napoleon, Russia |
| The most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna was | Metternich |
| The bourgeoisie were members of the _________ Estate | third |
| The members of the Legislative Assembly who were most liberal in their views were called | left wing |
| The Committee of Public Safety were larfely reponsible for the period known as the | Reign of Terror |
| Napoleon seized power in a maneuver known as a | coupd'etat |
| In 1806, Napoleon ordered a blockade to create problems for | Britain |
| In Russia, Napoleon's troops were crippled by the power of the Russian | winter |
| The site of Napoleon's last defeat was | Waterloo |
| One of the goals of the Congress of Vienna was to ____________ monarchs to power in Europe | restore |
| The economic causes of the French Revolution were _____________, _____________, and _______ | debt, inflation, unfair taxes |
| The political causes of the French revolution were __________ of the class system | inequalities |
| Napoleon was a great __________, yet he used his success to increase his own ____________ | leader, power |
| Napoleon biggest downfall may possibly have been his constant need to acquire more ________ | land |
| One way the American Revolution was different than the French Revolution was the American colonists were being taxed without _________, whereas the French people were being taxed ____________ | representation, unequally |
| Another way the American Revolution was differen than the French Revolution was the American colonists were fighting for their ___________, whereas the French were fighting to change their __________ system | independence, class |
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