AP Euro French Revolution Study Guide

Who had power during the Reign of Terror?

Committee of Public Safety and Maximilien Robespierre

What was the DOROMAC?

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

What was the Napoleonic Code?

Napoleon's bargain with the solid middle class that reasserted two of the fundamental principles of the Revolution of 1789

What was Napoleon's Continental System?

a blockade to halt all trade between continental Europe and Britain, thereby weakening the British economy and military

What was the Hundred Days in France?

a frantic period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII

What was the Women's March to Versailles?

a group of some seven thousand women who walked from Paris to Versailles to demand action and invade the National Assembly

Who is Abbe Sieyes?

a member of the first estate that wrote "What Is the Third Estate?"

Who is Olympe de Gouges?

a self-taught writer and woman of the people who wrote "Declaration of the Rights of Woman"

What were the results of the Women's March?

abolishment of nobility and a constitution effectively enshrining a constitutional monarchy

Why were the Girondists and the Mountain competing?

both wanted control of the French National Convention

How did taxes influence the American Revolution?

caused a lot of resistance in the colonies in forms of protest and riots

How did King Louis XV impact the position of the monarchy in France?

he had an affair and nobody trusted him after

What was Abbe Sieyes's contribution to the French Revolution?

his pamphlet gave a different mindset that argued the nobility was a tiny, overprivileged minority and that the third estate constituted the true strength of the French nation

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

it frustrated the hopes of all different social groups

How did the Reign of Terror end?

it's leader got executed

What political impact did storming the Bastille have?

led Louis XVI to reinstate his finance minister and withdrawal his troops from Paris

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

one of history's most fascinating leaders who put an end to civil strife in France in order to create unity and consolidate his rule

Why was the French military so successful in the winter of 1793-1794?

patriotism and superior numbers supplied by the draft

What was the Reign of Terror?

period of time during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of treason

What was the Storming of the Bastille?

several hundred people stormed a royal prison to obtain weapons for the city's defense

What did the National Assembly do in response to the Great Fear?

sign a decree that all the old noble privileges were abolished with the tithes being paid to the church

What are the 3 estates of France?

the clergy, nobility, and everyone else

What was Napoleon's Grand Empire?

the empire over which Napoleon and his allies ruled

What was the Great Fear?

the fear of noble reprisals against peasant uprisings that seized the French countryside and led to further revolt

What was the Estates General?

the representative body of all three estates

By July 1794, how had the central government in Paris managed to reassert control over the provinces and gain momentum against the First Coalition?

the revolutionary governments success in harnessing the explosive forces of a planned economy, revolutionary terror, and modern nationalism in a total war effort

How did Jacobins react women's political activity?

they took actions to suppress women's participation because they saw it as a distraction from their proper place in a home

Why did the French commissioners in Saint-Domingue abolish slavery in 1793?

they were desperate for forces to oppose France's enemies so they promised to emancipate all those who fought for France

How did the reaction of kings and nobles in continental Europe toward the French Revolution change over the revolution's first two years?

they were initially elated since France would only focus on their crisis and not anything else, but later on grew worried because they didn't want the revolution to spread to them

How did the delegates to the Legislative Assembly that convened in October 1791 differ from the delegates to the Estates General/National Assembly?

they were younger and less cautious

How did the Concordat of 1801 resolve the crisis over Catholicism?

this kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics.

What was the goal of the Reign of Terror?

to enforce compliance with republican beliefs and practices, as well as punish all of those suspected of opposing the revolutionary government

Who were the Girondists and the Mountain?

two bitterly opposed groups consisting of the Jacobins

Who were the Jacobins?

well educated republicans who formed a political club

What was the Concordat of 1801?

what brought peace between Napoleon the Catholic Church