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Defend France from foreign & domestic enemies

What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety?

Fear and war

What was the response by the rest of Europe to the French Revolution?

The civil code, jobs based on ability, enlightnement ideas like Limited Monarchy

What were the major accomplishments of the revolution preserved by Napoleon?

1) Survival of Britain 2) invasion of Russia 3) force of nationalism

Why did the grand empire fall apart?

Maximilien Robespierre

brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety

Taille

chief tax of France

Constitution of 1791

created a limited monarchy with a legislative assembly

Dechristianization

created a new calendar & changed names away from Christian

Committee of Public Safety

created to protect France from foreign and domestic threats

Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael

she originally supported the revolution & then turned against it

Elector

someone who can vote

relic

something leftover (from an earlier time)

Marie Antoinette

the queen of France who said, "Let them eat cake!" when her head was cut off

Coup d'etat

violent overthrow of the government

French coup d'etat

when Napoleon overthrew the Directory

Bastille

prison that was taken over on July 14, 1789

Paris Commune

radical group that got Louis & Mary executed

Jacobins

radicals of the German Revolution

Relics of Feudalism

rights & privileges of the clergy & nobility

Bourgeois

1) middle class 2) members of the third estate with money

Reign of Terror

1) radical period of the French Revolution 2) when they chopped everyone's head off

Faction

1) smaller group within a larger group 2) usually disagree

Napoleon Bonaparte

1) took over France 2) went to war with all of Europe 3) defeated at Waterloo 4) overthrew the directory

The Directory

5 man ruling board

Duke of Wellington

British general who defeated Napoleon

1) Anyone accused of anything was found guilty 2) But in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen it said you had equality 3) During the Reign of Terror, the rights went out the window

How did the Reign of Terror contradict the principles outlined in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? (be thorough)

1) They retreat and burn everything which is called scorched earth 2) then they could fight on their own terms (pick where and when they could fight) 3) and they used winter as a weapon

How were the Russians able to defeat Napoleon's army? (be thorough)`

the church

Once Napoleon took over, he immediately made peace with whom?

Fervor

Over enthusiastic

ability

Promotion in Napoleon's government was based upon which characteristic?

1) estates general 2) National Assembly 3) legislative assembly 4) Paris Commune 5) national convention 6) committee of public safety 7) directory

Put all the different ruling groups in correct order - ie. National Assembly, legislative assembly

dechristianization

The National Assembly stressed a belief in reason, going so far as to create a policy of ...

Priests & bishops would be chosen by the people & paid by the state

What changes were made by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?

Huge civilian armies & with that they won but there was more death & destruction

What did the French Republic do to greatly change the nature of warfare?

women

What group actually made no gains throughout the entire revolutionary period?

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

granted men basic civil liberties

Clergy

join the church

Louis XVI

king of France who was executed by the Paris Commune

Tennis Court Oath

national assembly vowed to meet until they wrote a constitution

popular

of the people

Sans Culottes

ordinary people without fine clothes

Napoleonic Code (Civil Code)

preserved the gains of the revolution & is still in effect today

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

priests would be chosen by the people & payed by the state


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