French Revolution and Napoleon- AP World History Flashcards
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| 3692990286 | Ancient Regime (Old Regime) | The old social order in France in the feudal days | 0 | |
| 3693326472 | Estates General | Body elect of the people in France which on the eve of the revolution was unfair with: 1st Estate: .5%- Clergy 2nd Estate: 1.5%- Nobility 3rs Estate: 98%- Masses | 1 | |
| 3693354999 | Clergy | 1st Estate | 2 | |
| 3693379754 | Nobility | 2nd Estate | 3 | |
| 3693381453 | Masses | 3rd Estate | 4 | |
| 3693384915 | Louis XIV(16) | King of France during the French Revolution who was captured, tried and beheaded by guillotine | 5 | |
| 3693393882 | Marie Antoinette | Queen of France during the French Revolution who was credited with saying: " Let them eat cake". When questioned about the needs of the French people. she was later tried and guillotined | 6 | |
| 3693406454 | National Assembly | The third estate declared itself a true National Assembly of France and abolishing the Estates General | 7 | |
| 3693415469 | Tennis Court Oath | When the King locked the meeting hall of National Assembly which met at the tennis court nearby and swore not to disband until a constitution could be written | 8 | |
| 3693431745 | Bastille Day | July 14th, 1789; The masses stormed Bastille(armory) for weapons to start the French Revolution; now the celebrated day of independence | 9 | |
| 3693451626 | The Great Fear | Following the storming of the Bastille by Paris mobs, peasants rose up in the countryside against nobles, burned castles and old feudal records of the past. | 10 | |
| 3693467612 | "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" | Slogan and Symbol of Revolution | 11 | |
| 3693475350 | Declaration of Rights, Man, and Citizen | modeled after the American Declaration of Independence and influenced by the enlightenment, it outlined the desires of the French people seeking Independence | 12 | |
| 3693496203 | Olympe de Gouges | French woman who as an early feminist objected to women being ignored and pushed for a Declaration of Rights of Women | 13 | |
| 3693511400 | Committee of Public Safety | Made up of twelve persons and led by Robespierre it had dictatorial powers and it's purpose was to protect te revolution which had foreign and domestic enemies | 14 | |
| 3693529793 | Maximilien Robespierre | Chief architect of the Reign of Terror and head of the committee of Public safety | 15 | |
| 3693539390 | Reign of Terror | Period of Mass execution in France when anyone suspected of treason against the revolution was executed by Guillotine and it spiraled out of control | 16 | |
| 3693554255 | Guillotine | "Instrument of Mercy" thought to be the most humane method of execution | 17 | |
| 3693564098 | Thermidorian Reaction | The cooling down period of the Revolution when the National Convention fearing Robespierre had him arrested and guillotined | 18 | |
| 3693574915 | Coup de Etat | "Quick seizure of power of force" is what Napoleon did to replace the Directory with a Consulate form of government which would make him dictator | 19 | |
| 3693596661 | Battle of Austerlitz | Where Napoleon defeated Austrian and Russian armies and gained control of continental Europe with a Confederation of the Rhine | 20 | |
| 3693610388 | Continental System | With most of continental Europe under Napoleon's control he created an economic alliance to wage economic warfare against Britain by blockade, but it failed | 21 | |
| 3693634113 | Invasion of Russia | When Czar Alexander I of Russia withdrew from the Continental System Napoleon invaded Russia and met disaster with winter costing him 600,000 men and a 1,000 mile retreat of shame | 22 | |
| 3693654434 | Elba | Island where Napoleon abdicated to following the failed invasion of Russia | 23 | |
| 3693667189 | Battle of Waterloo | In 1815, Napoleon escaped Elba and returned to rule France for 100 days which ended his defeat at Waterloo by a large coalition led by Great Britain | 24 | |
| 3693697580 | Duke of Wellington | The victorious British general who led the defeat at Waterloo | 25 | |
| 3693755958 | St. Helena | Remote island where Napoleon was exiled to death in 1821 | 26 | |
| 3693765808 | Congress of Vienna | Meeting held do decide post- Napoleonic Europe where the four great powers( Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia) met with the defeated France | 27 | |
| 3693782191 | Prince Metternich | Austrian Prince who hosted the Congress of Vienna and sought the principles of Legitimacy | 28 | |
| 3693792771 | Principle of Legitimacy | Desire to restore the ruling families of Europe(Monarchs) after 2 decades of Reolution | 29 | |
| 3693806643 | Talleyrand | Representative of the defeated France, who meditated to maintain France as still a great power | 30 |