AICE Euro 1.3 Vocab

Fill in the blank: The five-member executive government of France created after the fall of Robespierre and the Jacobins, designed to balance power and prevent dictatorship, was called the ________ (1795–1799).

• Directory

• Consulate

• Convention

• Assembly

Fill in the blank: One of two legislative bodies under the Directory, which proposed new laws, was called the ________.

• Council of Five Hundred

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Convention

Fill in the blank: The second legislative body under the Directory, which accepted or rejected laws proposed by the Five Hundred, was called the ________.

• Council of Ancients

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Convention

Fill in the blank: The ________ (Year III) established the Directory and aimed to create a middle ground between the radical Jacobins and the old monarchy.

• Constitution of 1795

• Constitution of 1789

• Constitution of 1804

• Constitution of 1815

Fill in the blank: The ________ / Conspiracy of Equals (1796) was a failed Jacobin-led attempt to overthrow the Directory and establish a socialist-style government promoting economic equality.

• Babeuf Plot

• Thermidorian Reaction

• Vendee Uprising

• Brumaire Coup

Fill in the blank: The ________ (September 1797) was when the Directory used military force to suppress royalist influence, ignored election results, and imposed censorship.

• Coup of Fructidor

• Coup of Thermidor

• Coup of Brumaire

• Coup of Prairial

Fill in the blank: The ________ (November 1799) was the military coup, led by Napoleon and Sieyès, that overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate.

• Coup of 18 Brumaire

• Storming of the Bastille

• Tennis Court Oath

• Reign of Terror

Fill in the blank: The government formed after the fall of the Directory, with Napoleon as First Consul, giving him significant power, was called the ________ (1799–1804).

• Consulate

• Convention

• Directory

• Empire

Fill in the blank: The ________ (1796) was a radical declaration by Babeuf’s followers calling for equality, abolition of private property, and a 'Republic of Equals.'

• Manifesto of the Equals

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Thermidorian Proclamation

• Constitution of Year III

Fill in the blank: ________ is the mandatory military service introduced during the Revolution; deeply unpopular among peasants and urban workers.

• Conscription

• Emancipation

• Feudalism

• Suffrage