History Unit 5 Test

The Russians were able to repel napoleon invasion in 1813 because of the

"scorched-earth" policy against napoleon

The Tennis Court Oath was

A pledge by delegates of the third estate not to disband until they had drafted a constitution for France

During the French Revolution, the Jacobins favored the establishment of

A republic

The representatives of the Third Estate demanded that the estates-general be declared a National Assembly in order to

Achieve voting by members rather than estates

Coup d'etat

An attempted overthrow of government

"Equality" in the slogan "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" meant equality

Before the law

During the reign of terror, France was ruled by the

Committee of Public Safety

Louis XVI's purpose in summoning the estates-general in 1789 was to

Consider the question of government debt

This social class was comprised of people who were of Spanish decent, but were born in the Latin American colonies. Who were they?

Creoles

The declaration of the rights of man, adopted by the National Assembly, was a

Document stating the principles of the French Revolution

Corday

Girondist who ended the life of Marat

As a result of the French Revolution, the Catholic Church in france

Had its power limited

The word best characterizing Louis XVI is

Incompetent

Bourgeoisie

Merchants and professionals in city-dwelling French middle class

David

Neoclassicist artist who painted napoleon crossing the alps and death of Marat

The two privileged classes in Fran w under the old regime were the

Nobility and clergy

Emigres

Nobles who left France to escape the revolution there

Reactionaries

People who do not want to change existing political and social conditions

St. Helena

Place of napoleon's final exile

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Placed the church under government control

Old regime

Political system of France before revolution

Jacobins

Radical party that controlled the committee of public safety

The seizure of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, was important because it

Represented a successful attack on a symbol of the tyranny of the old regime

The liberator known as the "George Washington of South Africa" is

Simon Bolivar

Which statement describes the old regime in France?

The burden of taxation fell almost entirely on the third estate

Which was a fundamental cause of the French Revolution of 1789?

Unjust administration of the law

All of the following were factors that led to the 19th century independence movement in Latin America

Unjust legal and political practices, enlightenment principles, social and economic inequality

Waterloo

battle that ended napoleon's reign in France