I will be adding a few more soon
606053972 | Bourgeoisie | the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people | 0 | |
606053973 | Deficit Spending | government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes | 1 | |
606053974 | Faction | a group, usually a small part of a larger group, united around some cause; disagreement within an organization | 2 | |
606053975 | Emigre | nobles and others who left France during peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to the old system | 3 | |
606053976 | Republic | a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to speak or act for them | 4 | |
606053977 | Suffrage | the right to vote | 5 | |
606053978 | Nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 6 | |
606053979 | Secular | Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters | 7 | |
606053980 | Plebiscite | popular vote, French supported Napoleon | 8 | |
606053981 | Annex | add a territory onto an existing state or country | 9 | |
606053982 | Blockade | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | 10 | |
606053983 | Guerrilla Warfare | a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes | 11 | |
606053984 | Abdicate | to give up power | 12 | |
606053985 | Legitimacy | Principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored | 13 | |
606053986 | Cahiers | list of grievances drawn up by delegates going to the meeting of the estates general | 14 | |
606053987 | Tennis Court Oath | vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written | 15 | |
606053988 | National Assembly | a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people | 16 | |
606053989 | Bastille | The political prison and armory stormed on July 14, 1789, by Partisian city workers alarmed by the king's concentration of troops at Versailles | 17 | |
606053990 | Declaration of Plinitz | August 1791 Agreement that other European monarchs would intervene if anything happens to Louis and Marie | 18 | |
606053991 | Great Fear | The panic and insecurity that struck French peasants in the summer of 1789 and led to their widespread destruction of manor houses and archives. | 19 | |
606053992 | Tri color | red, white, and blue badge that was eventually adopted as the national flag of France | 20 | |
606053993 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 21 | |
606053994 | Committee of Public Safety | Created by the National Convention, 12 people, had almost absolute power, battled to protect the revolution, and prepared France for war by ordering all citizens to join the war-effort, responsible for executing 40,000 French deemed as traitors to the revolution | 22 | |
606053995 | Directory | A group of 5 men who were given control of France following the Reign of Terror | 23 | |
606053996 | Consulate | government established in France after the overthrow of the Directory in 1799, with Napoleon as first consul in control of the entire government | 24 | |
606053997 | Concordat of 1801 | Napoleon's agreement with Catholic Church, Church under state control but recognize religious freedom | 25 | |
606053998 | Napoleonic Code | a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon | 26 | |
606053999 | Battle of Trafalgar | an 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson. | 27 | |
606054000 | Waterloo | The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815, which ended his last bid for power | 28 | |
606054001 | Quadruple Alliance | alliance between Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Great Britian. Pledged to act together to maintain balance of power and surpress revolutionary uprisings | 29 | |
606054002 | Louis XVI | - King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General, but he did not grant the reforms that were demanded and revolution followed. Louis and his queen, Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793. | 30 | |
606054003 | Jacques Necker | financial expert of Louis XVI, he advised Louis to reduce court spending, reform his government, abolish tarriffs on internal trade, but the First and Second Estates got him fired | 31 | |
606054004 | Marquis de Lafayette | French soldier who fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War and then commanded the French National Guard during the French Revolution | 32 | |
606054005 | Marie Antoinette | queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular. Known as "madame deficit" for lavish spending. | 33 | |
606054006 | Edmund Burke | British writer who attacked the Revolution as application of blind rationalism that ignored historic realities of political development. | 34 | |
606054007 | Robespierre | A French political leader of the 18th century. A Jacobin, a radical leader of the French Revolution. Headed the Committee of Public Safety, responsible for the Reign of Terror, was later executed without trial. | 35 | |
606054008 | Dr. Joseph Guillotin | introduced th Guillotin as a more human way of beheading, Equaltiy of Punishment | 36 | |
606054009 | Jacques Louis David | French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825) | 37 | |
606054010 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. | 38 | |
606054011 | Marie Louise | Napoleon's second wife | 39 | |
606054012 | Clemens von Metternich | Austrian foreign minister, thought it wise to renew good relations with France, architect at Congress of Vienna | 40 | |
606054013 | Robert Castlereagh | British prime minister who was the representative at the Congress of Vienna | 41 | |
606054014 | Charles Talleyrand | French diplomat who attended the Congress of Vienna on behalf of King Louis XVIII and helped ensure fairness as the new map was drawn | 42 | |
606054015 | First Estate | They consisted of the Roman Catholic Clergy; they received special privileges and paid no direct taxes | 43 | |
606054016 | Second Estate | The estate that consisted of aristocrats, nobles, and high-positioned government officials. They paid little taxes if at all and were as wealthy as the First Estate. They made up 2% of the French population. | 44 | |
606054017 | Third Estate | Largest of the Three Estates, made up of Bourgeoisie, Peasants, and Urban Workers. Had the least money and power but paid the most in taxes. | 45 | |
606054018 | National Assembly Phase | First phase of the French Revolution 1789-1791. Also know as the Moderate Phase. | 46 | |
606054019 | Moderate Phase | First Phase of French Revolution. 1789-1791. Key points: Tennis Court Oath, Storming the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, selling of Church lands, Constitution of 1791 | 47 | |
606054020 | Radical Phase | Second phase of the French Revolution 1792-1794, Radicals gain control of National Assembly, Monarchy is abolished, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed, Committee of Public Safety created, Reign of Terror | 48 | |
606054021 | The Directory Phase | Third Phase of the French Revolution 1795-1799, Constitution of 1795 written, Five Man Directory established, end of Reign of Terror, | 49 | |
606054022 | Age of Napoleon | Fourth phase of the Revolution 1799-1815. Napoleon overthrows the Directory, establishes the Consulate, names himself 1st consul then "consul for life", eventually becomes "Emperor of the French" | 50 | |
606054023 | Reforms of the National Assembly | 1. All male citizens equal before the law 2. limited power of the monarchy 3. taxpaying males the right to vote 4. abolished special privileges 5. declared religious freedom 6. seized and sold church lands | 51 | |
606054024 | Causes to the French Revolution | 1. Enlightenment 2. Other revolutions 3. the Old Regime 4. Financial Problems 5. Agricultural Problems | 52 | |
606054025 | During which phase was the Declaration of the Rights of Man written? | Moderate Phase or Phase One | 53 | |
606054026 | In which phase of the Reign of Terror? | the Radical Phase or Second Phase | 54 | |
606054027 | In which phase was the monarchy abolished? | the Radical Phase or Second Phase | 55 | |
606054028 | What was Napoleon's most lasting contribution? | the Napoleonic Code | 56 | |
606054029 | Continental System | Napoleon's efforts to block foreign trade with England by forbidding Importation of British goods Into Europe. | 57 | |
606054030 | Congress of Vienna | a series of meetings in 1814-1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace, restore balance of power, protect the system of monarchy | 58 | |
606054031 | Which estate paid the most taxes? | Third Estate | 59 | |
606054032 | Which estate had the least income? | Third Estate | 60 | |
606054033 | Why did the people of Paris storm the Bastille? | they were afraid of the King's army and they were looking for guns and gunpowder for protection. | 61 | |
606054034 | In which phase was Louis XVI executed | the Second Phase | 62 | |
606054035 | Nepotism | favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | 63 | |
606054036 | What is an example of Napoleon's nepotism? | he put his brother Joseph on the Spanish Throne. | 64 | |
606054037 | Which estate was the largest? | the Third Estate | 65 | |
606054038 | What brought the Reign of Terror to an end? | the death of Robespierre | 66 | |
606054039 | Why was Napoleon so popular? | he was considered a military hero | 67 | |
606054040 | What were Napoleon's reforms? | 1. controled prices 2. encouraged new industry 3. built roads and canals | 68 | |
606054041 | What was a problem that came from the Congress of Vienna? | It laid the ground work for World War I | 69 |