The Revolution in Politics

The Great Fear resulted in the

Abolition of feudalism

The grievence petitions from all three estates called for all of the following except

An American-style republic

Opponents of the U.S. Constitution were called

Anti-Federalists

The Reign of Terror was primarily directed at

Any and all enemies of the Revolution

The group that met in 1787 to discuss tax reform was the

Assembly of Notables

The Directory was dominated by the

Bourgeoisie

What was the old regime?

Clergy (1%) taxed land owners and people (owned 10% of land) Nobility (2%) overtaxed peasants (owned 10% of land) Bourgeoisie (10-15%) middle class marchants and bankers Commoners, peasants and poor (75-80%)

During the Reign of Terror, France was ruled by the

Committee of Public Safety

Revisionist historians of the French Revolution stress all of the following except

Conflict between the nobility and the bourgeoisie

The republic proclaimed by the National Convention in 1792 sought to

Create a new popular culture and break with the past

The National Assembly's efforts to recognize the Catholic Church resulted in

Deep division within both the country and the clergy

The common people were wary of liberalism because it

Did not address their economic needs

The participation of the laboring poor in the French Revolution was motivated primarily by their

Economic distress

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following except

Economic equality

The distinctiveness of the North American sociaty included all of the following except

Economic, religious, and ethnic homogeneity

When eighteenth-century liberals spoke of equality, they were referring to

Equality of opportunity

The prerevolutionary third estate was made up of

Everyone who was not a noble or member responsible of the clergy

The furor over the Stamp Act of 1765 resulted from the

Fear that Americans' liberties were threatened

In Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke defended

Inherited privileges

In the 1780's, over 50 percent of France's annual budget was expended on

Interest payments on the debt

For women, Napoleon's Civil Code of 1804 represented

A return to their secondary status

The National Assembly accomplished all of the following except the

Introduction of universal compulsory education

What was Napoleon's greatest mistake?

Invading Russia

The elemental force that drove the Revolution forward was

Laboring men and women of Paris

The men elected to represent the third estate were primarily

Lawyers and government officials

The Charter issued by Louis XVIII in 1814 established a

Limited constitutional monarchy

Classical political liberalism

Linked personal freedom and legal equality to liberal self-government

According to Olympe de Gouges

Men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law

Mary Wollenstonecraft argued that

Men and women would benefit from sexual equality

During the September Massacres

Parisian Crouds slaughtered prison inmates

The social group that benefitted most from the Revolution and Napoleon were the middle class and the

Peasants

The warning issued by Austria and Prussia to intimidate French radicals was the Declaration of

Pillnitz

The Declaration of Independence

Proclaimed the natural rights of all humankind

The least important impact of the American Revolution on France was

Providing revenge against the hated English

The Committee of Public Safety was able to defeat the armies of the First Coalition by harnessing all of the following except

Religious zealotry

The Thermidorian reaction was the golden age of the

Respectable middle class

Napoleon's final place of exile was

St. Helena

The event which turned the political contest into a revolution was the

Storming of the Bastille

The primary division within the Jacibins was between

The Girondins and the Mountain

Women were excluded from the political process for all of the following reasons except

The fear that men would become overshadowed in the political process

The impact of Napoleon's Grand Empire included all of the following except

The popular belief under napoleon as the enlightened liberator

Abbé Seiyés argued that the true strength of France lay in the

Third estate

The battle that prevented Napoleon's planned invasion of England was

Trafalgar

List agreements of National Assembly

1.) An end to royal absolutism 2.) Individual liberties guaranteed by law 3.) Economic development and reform required and they abolished international trade barriers

List 5 problems of the poor

1.) Increased taxes by nobles on Fuedal Estates 2.) Poor harvests 3.) High grain prices 4.) Hungar 5.) High unemployment

List and explain 4 reforms of Napoleon

1.) Napoleon made women dependant on either their fathers or their husbands 2.) Created the National Bank of France establishing business loans 3.) Restricted personal freedom of speech 4.) Allowed Catholics to practice freely and United the Catholic Church in France

List 3 goals of the Congress of Vienna

1.) Return Europe to boundaries of 1792 2.) Maintain Balance of Power concept 3.) Prevent Democratic revolutions from occurring in Europe