Chapter 20 the French and American revolutions

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How did Napoleon consolidate his rule?

He appealed both to disillusioned revolutionaries and members of the d nobility and offered them high posts in the expanding centralized state

Why was the Declaration of Independence so important to the American Revolution?

It universalized the traditional rights of English people and made them the rights of all mankind

What occured during the Hundred Days in France?

Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly

What two fundamental principles of the French Revolution were incorporated into the napoleonic code?

The equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property

The attack on the Bastille had what political effect?

The king's plans to reassert his authority were forestalled, permitting the National Assembly to continue its work.

The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen guaranteed

Equality before the law

How did the National Assembly respond to the hopes and expectations of saint-Domingue's different social groups?

It frustrated the hopes of all the different social groups

Why did the Directory continue French wars of conquest begun by early revutionary governments?

The directory understood that big, victorious armkes kept men employed.

In the summer of 1789, the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by

Revolutionary actions of French peasants and the common people of Paris

In the wake of the Great Fear in the summer of 1789, the national assembly restored order by

Abolishing all of the old noble and church privileges

What was the economic effect of Napoleon's continental system?

French artisans and the middle class suffered, for they were economically damaged by the blockade of Great Britain

Which of the following correctly identifies Napoleon Bonaparte's background?

He won brilliant victories in Italy in 1796 and 1797

The men elected to represent the third estate at the Estates General were primarily

Lawyers and government officials

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in?

Corsica

The national assembly that rules france from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that

Declared all men and women to be equal

The legal definition of the composition of the revolutionary third estate included

Everyone who was not a noble of member of the clergy


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