French Rev/Napoleon
Test Review
The bourgeoisie belonged to the
3rd estate
 The Constitution of 1791
established a new Legislative
Assembly
 During the Reign of Terror,
Robespierre tried to crush all
opposition to the revolution
 Napoleon annexed the
Netherlands to France

The Congress of Vienna redrew
the boundaries of some
European countries to encircle
France with strong countries
 (Picture) shows Napoleon losing
control
 (Picture) was drawn after
Napoleon’s defeat at battle of
nations
 (Pic) scepter staff, and globe

Russia is an important element in
Napoleon’s fall
 France’s social structure left
inequality among the tree
estates
 France’s economy was supported
by the 3rd estate
 French nobles resisted Necker’s
financial reforms because the
wanted to pay no taxes

The Declaration of Rights of Man
stated that all men were born
free and equal in rights
 French responded to threats of to
the revolution by becoming more
radical
 The Napoleonic code reflected
Enlightenment principles by
guaranteeing the equality of all
citizens before the law

Deficit spending is spending
more than is taken in
 Sans-culottes were working
class revolutionaries
 Suffrage is the right to vote
 A plebiscite is a ballot in which
voters say yes or no to an issue
 Abdicate means to give up all
power

Maximilien Robespierre was a
jacobin revolutionary who led
the Reign of Terror
 Olympe de Gouges was a
journalist who demanded equal
rights for women
 Jacques Louis David was the
leading French painter during
the revolution

Napoleon was the French
emperor who dominated Europe
in the early 1800’s
 Clemens von Metternich was the
Austrian prince who wanted to
restore the status quo of 1792 at
the congress of Vienna
 The bourgeoisie were the
wealthiest members of the 3rd
estate

An Émigré was a person who fled
revolutionary France to live in
another country
 Sans-culottes were radical
working class men and women
 Nationalism is a feeling of pride
in ones country
 A blockade is a military tactic
through which ports are shut off
to keep people or supplies from

Louis XVI said “let all three
estates list their
grievances to me”
 Robespierre said “lives
must be sacrificed for
liberty”
 Olympe de Gouges said “
Woman’s rights are the
same as those of man”

Napoleon said “ I love
power as a musician loves
his violin”
 Clemens von Metternich
said “Monarchy is the only
way to save Europe from
the ravages of
Nationalism”
 The End
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