history chapter 18

What were some of the causes of the French Revolution discussed in this program?

- bankruptcy of government Luis XlV spent ti much money, his successor didn't cut down expenses. and poor payed high taxes

2 important documents of french revelation

- tenis court -declaration of rights of men

3 mistakes napoleon made

-continental system -invaded russia -invaded spain

2 island exile

-kelena -alba

2 goals of congress in invena

-restroy injenist -balance of power

Robespierre stated "Louis must die, that the country can live." What do you think this quote means?

As long as the King lived a Royalist threat would exist insisting on his return

Marie Antoinette birth place is

Austria

British wins

Battle of Trafalgar—ensures British naval superiority

Concert of Europe

European nations pledge to help fight revolutions

Why do you think King Louis XVI gave in at first to some of the demands of the Third Estate?

He was afraid of the Third Estate because it was so big

the Napoleonic Code.

It embodied Enlightenment principles such as the equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of feudalism

Jean-Paul Marat published a newspaper called ___________ which supported the main political group leading the Revolution, the Jacobins.

L'ami du peuple. (friend of the people)

jacques necker

Luis XVI financial expert as an advisor that wanted to tax

Marie Antoinette nickname is

Madame Deficit

NAPOLEON helped To restore economic prosperity,

Napoleon controlled prices, encour- aged new industry, and built roads and canals. He set up a system of public schools under strict government control to ensure well-trained officials and military officers.

British, Prussian forces defeat

Napoleon's new army at Waterloo •This defeat ends the Hundred Days

The ___________ was the phase of the Revolution in which huge numbers of French people were executed.

Reign of Terror

Holy Alliance

Russia, Prussia, Austria pledge to fight revolution

the aristocracy

Second Estate

What do you think the majority of French people wanted to see changed as a result of the Revolution? Why were they so upset?

The French people wanted an overthrow of the "old regime" or autocratic rulers. They were upset because after everything, they ended up with a dictator: Napoleon, who ended up being exiled, so the old regime once again was instilled.

Why do you think the executions by guillotine in France were public events?

The peasants were very angry and demanded to see blood. The guillotine was a relatively new invention. It made a point that justice was being served and the bad guys weren't getting away.

What was the role of women in the French Revolution? Can you think of some examples of their contribution to the Revolution from this program?

The women of the French Revolution were the ones that provided the food, such as bread,to their family. Whenever the prices of bread went up, the women would riot about that. Most of these women were the ones that worked in the fish market so they were big, strong women. They mostly blamed Marie, so they rioted the palace with intentions of killing her.

Balance of power—

a chief Metternich goal, with no one country a threat; also wants to contain France and Nationalism

olympe de gouges

a journalist, demanded equal rights in her

robespierre

a shewd lawyor

nationalism

a strong feeling of pride n and devotion to ones country

concept of Europe

a system in which austria, russia and prussia and great britain met periodically to discuss any problems

another name for the regime in france

acien or estate system

annex

add a territory to an existing state or country

congress of vienna

assembly of european leaders that met after the napoleonic era

Plebiscite

ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue

symbol of tearony of the old regine

bastille

continental system

blockade designed by napoleon to hurt british economically by closing European ports to british goods; unltimately unsuccessful

people without short parts who sought to right of workers

cencolonr sanscullute

how did napoleon become power

cutite

Napoleon still held absolute power. This is sometimes called

democratic despotism

gullotine

device used during the reign of terror to execute thousands of beheaded

faction

dissenting group of people

Napoleon won support across class lines. by

encouraged émigrés to return, provided they take an oath of loyalty.

Tennis court oath

famous oath made on a tennis court by embers of the third estate

gurrilla warfare

fighting carried on through hit and run raids

Napoleon strikes Britain through blockade which is

forced closing of ports

Bastille

fortress in paris used as

marseilles

french port city

main tool of Reign of terror

geitine

aristicotes that set at far right are (they left then came back)

imigrays

radical in legislative assembly

jacatives

2 people other than ropes pier helped with terror

john paul marra donton

leader of french national guard

lafeiet

Maximillion ropes is a

lawyer

Estate general

legislative body made up of representatives of the three estates in prerevolutionary france

the female f who wrote declaration of rights of women

limpe de guoges

became king of france after napoleon

luis XVlll

2 ways congers of integer to contain france

made sweden, finland,piedmont, netherlands, and switzerland bigger

jacobin

member of radical political club during french revelution

Bourgeoisie or third 3rd estate

middle class

scorched-earth policy

military tactic in which soldiers destroyed everything in their path to hurt the enemy

this force (political) was international convention to gain support against a stria and prussia (ended up back firing)

nationalism

cahier

notebook used during the french revolution to record grievances

ancient regime

old order, system of government in pre-revolution france

The king's repression incensed the French people, and hundreds of protestors stormed the _Bastille_

on July 14, 1789_.

emigre

person who flees his or her country for political reason

a vote of people that napoliene used to gain popularity

plepicite

legitimacy

principle by which monarchies that had been unseated

suffrage

right to vote

leader of public safety

ropes pleir

important city napoleon didn't conquer

russia and brittan, Portugal

strategic helped spain defeat napoleon

scorch and burn policy

Deficit spending

situation in which a government spends more money than it takes in

marquis de lafeyette

the aristocratic herro of two worlds who fought alongside gorge washington

the clergy is

the first estate

What are some of the reasons the documentary gives for the dissatisfaction of the Third Estate?

they were the ones who paid the taxes. the other groups only had the recogonition. the 3rd estate literally was completely avoided

abdicate

top give up or step down from power

Louis XVl

well-meaning but weak and indecisive

sans-culotte

working class man or women who made french revelution more radical

"Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen"

written by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1789. This document was based on the United States Constitution, which had just been drafted and stood as a model for the French republic.