Lesson Quiz 3-1,3-2,3-3,and 3-4 :The French Revolution and Napoleon
Taille
A land tax that hurt the Third Estate most
Coup d' état
A sudden overthrow of the government
What was Napoleon's Grand Empire?
An enlarged France, dependent and allied states
What led to the restoration of the French monarchy?
An unsuccessful military campaign in Russia
Napoleon's Civil Code treated women
As less equal than men
Which countries formed a coalition against France after the execution of Louis XVI?
Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was
Based on ability only, not rank or birth
Conservatism
Belief in tradition and social stability
Which factors were primarily responsible for the overthrow of the French government in 1799?
Corruption, political enemies of the Directory, and the rise of Napoleon
Many aristocrats and members of the bourgeoisie were attracted to _____, some of which criticized France's absolutist system.
Enlightenment philosophies
Which political philosophies emerged as a result of Europe's response to the French Revolution?
Liberalism and nationalism
National Assembly
Name taken by the Third Estate when promising to draft a new constitution
How can Napoleon's military endeavors best be described?
Napoleon set out to conquer Egypt, but ended up abandoning his troops there
The Consulate
Napoleon's new government after 1799
Civil code
Napoleon's unified system of law
First Estate
Social class made up of French clergy
Estates-General
The French Parliament
Bourgeoisie
The French middle class
Which political group with different ideas about how to carry out revolutionary goals was instrumental in condemning Louis XVI to death?
The Mountain
How did fears of foreign invasion contribute to the destruction of the Old Regime?
The National Assembly had the public support to strip clergy and nobles of their former privileges
Principle of Intervention
The belief that foreign powers have the right to replace a country's government
What was one of the leading causes of social unrest in eighteenth-century France?
The nobility still treated peasants in a manner similar to medieval serfdom
The Mountain
The political club that was most influential in passing the decree to condemn Louis XVI
Napoleon's empire collapsed because of
The resentment of the clergy and the plotting of accountants
The arrangements worked out at the Congress of Vienna
Would not allow the use of military force
Elector
a person qualified to vote in an election
Liberalism
belief that people should be free from government restraint
The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute...
counterrevolutionaries and traitors
Allied States
countries defeated by Napoleon and forced to join his struggle against Britain
Directory
executive under the constitution of 1795
dependent states
kingdoms ruled by Napoleon's relatives
Duke of Wellington
led British and Prussian armies' defeat of Napoleon
One economic cause of the French Revolution was an increase in prices, which
left people unable to purchase essential goods, such as food
Reign of Terror
policies of the Committee of Public Safety to defend France from domestic threats
Under Robespierre, the Convention pursued a policy of de-Christianization because its members believed that
religion encouraged superstition, rather than the use of reason
The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by
retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside
During most of the French Revolution (1789-1799), Napoleon was
serving in the French military
Klemens von Metternich
the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna
Nationalism
the unique cultural identity of a people
