The French Revolution and Napoleon

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

• clergy

• common people

• nobles

• kings and queens

During the reign of terror:

• anyone who was thought to be a traitor was killed

• Certain ethnic groups were targeted

• The Girondists attacked the Jacobins

• The nobles started a bloody civil war

Before the French Revolution, why did the representatives of the Third Estate form the National Assembly?

• voting in the Estates General was not fair

• they demanded that the king be put on trial and executed

• The Girondists attacked the Jacobins

• The nobles started a bloody civil war

Which of the following was NOT a domestic reform under Napoleons imperial rule?

• Established public education opportunities

• Set up a fair and equal tax code that led to a stable economy

• Institutes a period of persecution and execution know as the "Reign of Terror"

• Seized power through a coup'etat and issued the Napoleonic Code

What is Conservatism?

• A sense of unity based upon shared characteristics: language, culture, religion, and geography

• Advocates legitimate, traditional governments (the monarchies) in order to preserve the status quo.

• Institutes a period of persecution and execution known as the "Reign of Terror"

• Seized power through a coup'etat and issued the Napoleonic code

The great French empire that Napoleon created eventually fell after the unsuccessful invasion of Russia. Why was the invasion considered a great disaster for Napoleon?

• Russia's scorched-earth policy and cold winter wiped out most of Napoleons army

• The newly formed United States allied with Russia to wipe out most of Napoleons army

• They imposed British rule on Europe

• They established the nations of Germany and Italy

How did the Congress of Vienna inspire nationalist movements across Europe in the revolutions of 1830 and 1848?

• They put absolute monarchs back in power

• They established democratic governments across Europe

• to encourage the spread of nationalism

• to protect the power of the Catholic Church

Why did the Congress of Vienna return absolute monarchs to power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?

• to restore order and the balance of power

• to promote the spread of Enlightenment ideas

• to encourage the spread of nationalism

• to protect the power of the Catholic Church

Choose the options that correctly describe what led to the French revolution. (There is more than one answer!)

• The unfair voting system of the Estates-General. (They voted by Estate, not population)

• Robespierre's pamphlets

• The American colonist's success during the American Revolution

• The unfair tax system.

This person claimed it was possible to build a "republic of virtue" He also lead the Reign of Terror

• Napoleon

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

• Louis XVI