Chp 20
Which of the following correctly identifies Napoleon Bonaparte's background
He trained as a lawyer before joining the military
The National Assembly that ruled ruled France from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that
broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property.
What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety
To use dictorial powers to respond to threats to France from without and within
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.
What occurred during the Hundred Days in France
Napoleon returned from exile to rule France breifly
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
What does Abbe de sieyes say about the third estate
The third estate contains everything that pertains to the nation, and thus it is everything, the true strength of the nation
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guaranteed
the abolition of monopolies, guilds, and workers' associations
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
Napoleon Bonaparte was born
Corsica
Why did the Directory continue French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments
The Directory understood the big, victorious armies kept men employed
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 Britian
What two fundamental principles of the French Revolution were incorporated into the Napleonic Code
The equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property
The legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary third estate included
everyone who was not a noble or member of the clergy
In the summer of 1789, the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by
Maximilien de Robespierre's brilliant rhetoric
How did Napoleon consolidate his rule
He appealed both to disillusioned revolutionaries and members of the old nobility and offered them high poss in the expanding centralized state