AP Euro Ch 21 Test Review McKay
The Continental system was meant to do what?
Exclude British good from continental Europe bringing it to its knees, it didn't work.
What was the Great Fear?
Fear of vagabonds and outlaws that seized the countryside.
The men elected to represent the third estate at the estates general were whom?
Lawyers, low-level law enforcers and government officials. They were well-educated, prosperous members of the middle class.
Who returned from exile after 100 days?
Napoleon returned from Elba
The life and death political struggle between the Gironden and the Mountain resulted from what?
Personal hatred and jealousy
In the summer of 1789 the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by what?
Revolutionary actions by the French peasants mostly the peasant women who marched on Versaille
Napoleon's invasion of this country began in 1812?
Russia
In 1685 what did the Code Noir set the parameters of?
Slavery and defined the rights of free people of color giving free people of color the same legal status as whites.
The first great revolt against the grand empire occur in what country?
Spain
The American Revolution had its immediate origins in its struggles over what?
Taxes
What did the execution of the king Louis XVI mark?
The advent of the Second Revolution which was the rapid radicalization of the Revolution.
Reign of Terror ended how?
The execution of Robespierre.
All of the were considered members of the third estate except? a.The urban poor b.Wealthy merchants c. The Nobility d.Guild masters e.peasants
c. The Nobility- they were part of the 2nd estate
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen did all of the following except what? a. guaranteed equality before the law, b. representative government c. representative freedom and d. the presumption of innocence before the law e. free expression
All are true
The grievance petitions from all three estates called for all of the following except? a. An American style republic b. A constitutional monarchy c.laws and taxes would require approval of the Estates General d. individual liberties would be guaranteed by law.
An American style republic.
What was the The Tennis Court Oath?
An Oath sworn by delegates primarily from the third estate vowing not to disband until they wrote a new constitution.
The committee of public safety was?
An emergency executive committee appointed by the
The reign of terror was directed primarily at whom?
Anyone who might oppose the revolution or were perceived as enemies of the state.
Russia, Sweden and what other countries formed the Third Coalition against France?
Austria and Britain
Who did Napoleon defeat at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805?
Austria and Russia
The accomplishments of the national assembly included all of the following except?
Compulsory education
Revisionist historians of the French revolution stress all of the following as causes except?
Conflict between the nobility and bourgeois
Which is true of the french clergy on the eve of the French revolution except? A.there were 100,000 of them B. their taxes were voluntary C. they levied a tax on landowners D. the owned about ten percent of all land in France E. They were part of the 2nd Estate
E. They were part of the second estate they were actually part of the 1st estate.
The legal definition of the composition of the pre-revolutionary third estate included whom?
Everyone who was not a noble or party of the clergy-merchants, lawyers, and peasants. Almost all male commoners 25 years old or older.
Abbe Joseph Sieyes's answer to the question "what is the third estate" was what?
He argued that the nobility was a tiny minority that neglected the The Third Estate and that the Third Estate actually constituted the true strength of the French Nation
Edmund Burke captured what conservative opinion during the revolution in France in his work Reflections of the Revolution in France?
He defended inherited privileges in general and those of the English monarchy and aristocracy. He predicted that reform would only lead to chaos and tyranny.
The Treaty of Amiens in 1802 allowed France in control what countries?
Holland and Austrian Netherlands along with the west bank of the Rhine and most of the Italian Peninsula.
In the 1780's of 50% of France's budget was spent on what?
Interest payments on debt.
Why did The Directory continue French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments?
It solved economic problems at home it reduced unemployment and the armies were able to live off the land that they conquered and plundered.
Madame de pompadour was mistress of whom?
Louis XV- she used her position to influence the King
During the reign of the terror the who was the dominant person on the committee of public safety?
Maximillan Robespierre
Olympe de Gouges suggested what about women?
Men and women should be equal in the eye of the law.
Which of the following occur first? a. Napoleon founds the bank of France b. Napoleon overthrows the directory c. France signs the treaty of Amiens
Napoleon overthrows the directory.
According to the text the string of French victories after the winter 1793-1794 were the result of what?
The revolutionary governments ability to harness the explosive forces of a planned economy, revolutionary terror, and modern nationalism.
The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789-1791 passed laws that allowed what for women?
They could inherit property, and get a divorce.
