World History Chapter 23 Test: French Revolution

into 3 estates

clergy of Catholic church

1. exempt from paying taxes 2. owned 10% of the land in France 3. gave 2% of its income to the government 4. opposed enlightenment ideas

rich nobles

1. owned 20% of the land in France 2. paid no taxes 3. opposed enlightenment ideas

97% of the people in France

1. paid high taxes 2. included middle class and lower class citizens 3. supported enlightenment ideas of liberty

1. Success of the American Revolution encouraged Enlightenment ideas to challenge government 2. High taxes and rising costs of living 3. Louis XVI ignored the problems 4. Louis XVI did not listen to his advisors

each delegate be given one vote

No, each estate gets one vote

established the National Assembly starting representative government

locked out of the meeting room

Delegates broke down the door to an indoor tennis court, pledging to stay until a new constitution is made

Stormed the Bastille prison in search of guns and gunpowder

rumors that nobles were hiring outlaws to kill peasants led the peasants to become outlaws

Burned down the nobles' houses and women rioted over the cost of bread

gave speeches declaring their desire for liberty and equality

made them equal to nobles and clergy

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity for all men

No

1. took over church lands 2. priests would be elected and paid as state officials

offended peasants causing them to oppose the assembly's reform efforts

attempted to escape France, but were apprehended

1. Legislative Assembly had the power to make laws 2. Legislative Assembly had the power to declare war 3. Stripped the king of his power 4 King could enforce laws

Austria and Prussia

challenge France's efforts to spread democracy across Europe and their effort to eliminate Absolute Monarchy

threatened to destroy Paris

20,000 people invaded the palace and imprisoned Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children

raided the prisons and murdered 1,000 prisoners

1. eliminated the king 2. dissolved the assembly 3. called for the election of a new legislature

1. abolished the monarchy 2. declared France a republic 3. adult males declared the right to vote 4. adult males could hold office

Jacobin Club

editorials calling for the death of all of those people who supported the king

rights of Paris's poor

found him guilty of treason and sentenced him to death by the guillotine

1. Great Britain 2. Holland 3. Spain

ordered a draft of 300,000 French citizens bringing the French army to 800,000 soldiers

1. peasants horrified by the King's execution 2. priests who would not accept governmental control 3. rival leaders rebelling in their own provinces

Maximillien Robespierre

1. changed the calendar, dividing the 12 months into 30 days 2. renamed each month 3. eliminated Sundays 4. closed all churches in France

Dictatorship

Reign of Terror

used the guillotine to remain true to the ideals of the Revolution

arrested and executed Robespierre as they feared for their safety end his Reign of Terror

drafted a new plan of government called the Directory

middle class

two-house legislature and an executive body

placed France's armies in the control of Napoleon Bonaparte

greeted the rebels with a cannonade causing the rebels to flee in panic

swept into Italy and won a series of battles

protect French trade and disrupt British trade in India

Napoleon kept the defeats out of the paper

established a group of 3 consuls, one of whom was Napoleon

Dictator of France

1. Great Britain 2. Austria 3. Russia

people voted for a new constitution giving Napoleon all real power

1. set up a method of tax collection 2. established a national banking system

train men how to be effective government officials

government recognized the influence of the church, but rejected Church control in national affairs

gained him support of the Church and the majority of the French people

1. Limited liberty and individual rights 2. Promoted order and authority 3. Restored slavery in the French colonies

Napoleon became emperor of France

restore the sugar industry failed and his soldiers were affected by disease and the rebel fighters were fierce

sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

became the largest European empire since the Roman empire

naval defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar

1. Great Britain 2. Portugal 3. Sweden 4. Spain 5. Ottoman Empire

1. Russia 2. Prussia 3. Austria

Napoleon's desire to extend the French empire and crush Great Britain

policy set up a blockade preventing all trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations

Great Britain was able to get their products through as the blockade was to loose Great Britain set up its own blockade

United States fought the War of 1812 against Great Britain

guerrilla war with Spain as Napoleon attempted to conquer Portugal

suffered 300,000 soldiers going through Spain weakening the French empire

Russia at the Battle of Borodino

Yes

Much of Napoleon's army died from cold and starvation

Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Sweden all declared war on Napoleon

the soldiers were untrained and not prepared for battle

pushed into Paris forcing Napoleon's surrender

Louis XVI's brother

fearful he would try to undo the reforms done by the French Revolution

Napoleon named emperor of France again

attacked Great Britain in Belgium

No, Prussia defended Great Britain

Hundred Days War