History

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• An assembly of representative from all three estates

• Third Estate delegates, passed laws and reforms in the name of the French people

• Third Estate delegates pledged to stay until they had drawn up a new constitution, happened in an indoor tennis court

• Senseless panic of France

Who was Maximilien Robespierre?

• Machine used to behead people

• Jacobin leader, gained power in 1793

• Period under Robespierre, used guillotine to cause terror

• Prominent Jacobin, edited newspaper who called for the death of all those who support the king, executed king

What was the Reign of Terror?

• Machine used to behead people

• Jacobin leader, gained power in 1793

• Period under Robespierre, used guillotine to cause terror

• Prominent Jacobin, edited newspaper who called for the death of all those who support the king, executed king

After the Battle of Trafalgar, which navy would dominate for the next 100 years?

• France

• Great Britain

• United States

• Germany

What was the goal of Klemens Von Metternich for the Congress of Vienna?

• Prevent future French aggression by surrounding France with strong countries

• Restore a balance of power so that no one country would be a threat to the others

• Restore Europe’s royal families to the thrones they had before Napoleon

• All of the above

What happened to the Spanish colonies in Latin America?

• They were divided between the countries at the Congress of Vienna

• They overthrew the Spanish control

• They were taken by France

• The United States took over control of those countries

What was the continental system?

• Forcible closing of ports

• Napoleon’s idea to blockade the ports in order to make continental Europe more self-sufficient and destroy Great Britain’s economy.

• Spanish peasant fighters

• War on the Iberian Peninsula that Spain was a part of.

What happened in April 1814?

• Napoleon gave up power to the Pope

• Napoleon was declared "Emperor for life"

• Napoleon was forced to surrender

• Napoleon and France won the war against Russia

How many people were executed during the Reign of Terror?

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

What was the Hundred Days?

• Burning grain fields and slaughtering live-stock, to leave nothing for the enemy to eat

• Village in Belgium, location of battle between British and French troops

• Napoleon’s last bid for power, finally ended by British and Prussian troops

• loyalty to one’s country