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Name for the three classes of french society
Estates
The people had none of these before the revolution
individual rights
the traditional political and social system of france before the revolution
old regime
comitee that directed the army
comitee of public safety
the wave of killing from 1793-1794
reign of terror
clergy and nobles did not pay these
taxes
foreign event that strongly influenced french thinking
american revolution
intellectual movement that strongly influenced french thinking about reform
enlightenment
method of getting soldiers for the army
draft
instrument used for execution
gullotine
class of people most in favor of change
middle class
foreign war that drained the french treasury in the 1770s
american revolutionary war
what the 3rd estae declared themselves to be in 1789
national assembly
vast territory that napoleon sold in 1803 to raise money for his army
louisiana
fate of louis XVI and his wife
beheaded
wife of the french king, charming and irresponsible
marie antoinette
body called to meet for the first time in 175 years
estates-general
pledge taken by the 3rd estste to write a constitution
tennis court oath
term for napoleons blockade of the british isle
continental system
gov. of 5 directors under the 3rd constitution
the directory
members of the 1st estate
clergy
french king before and during the revolution
louis XVI
type of gov set up by the constitution of 1791
constitutional monarchy
parisian fort taken by a mob on July 14, 1789
bastille
leader of extreme radicals assassinated in his bath
marat
members of the 2nd estate
nobles
number of votes each estate had in the estates-general
one
the national assembly took away this institutions land
church
slogan of the revolution
liberty, equality, and fraternity
the 2 leaders of the radical Jacobins
robespierre and Danton
members of the 3rd estate
everyone else
site of the costly french court
Versailles
document that stated the revolutions principles
declaration of the rights of man
source of gov authority, according to the Declaration
the people
2 countries that invaded France in 1789
Austria and Prussia
Type of ruler Napoleon was from 1799-1814
dictator
Napoleon's new title from 1804 on
emperor
new, uniform system of French civil laws
Napoleonic Code
huge eastern European country Napoleon invaded in 1812
Russia
Natural phenomenon that helped defeat Napoleon in Russia
severe winter
this body had no power under Napoleon
Legislature
people napoleon often placed on the thrones of conquered states
his relatives
the 2 revolutionary rights napoleon took away from the people
freedom of press, speech
napoleons final defeat
waterloo
napoleons most severe military disaster, 1812-1813
retreat from moscow
napoleon concentrated authority to create this type of govt
strong central govt
napoleon fought british forces in this african country
Egypt
Napoleons conquests spread ideas of this movement throughout Europe
French Revolution
Napoleon's conquests promoted the growth of this feeling
Nationalism