WStudiesChpt11TestReview
World Studies Chapter 11 Test Review
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- Emigre's
- French citizens who fled to other parts of Europe during the revolution.
- Reign of Terror
- A one year episode of death and destruction that resulted in the deaths of 40,000 people accused of being disloyal.
- Bourgeoisie
- Middle class
- Civil Court of the Clergy
- Laws that stated that bishops and priests were to be elected by popular vote and paid by the government.
- Girondists
- The famous moderate political party at the National Convention.
- Waterloo
- The place of Napoleon's last defeat.
- The Grand Army
- Name of Napoleon's army
- Declaration of the Rights of Man
- The document adopted by the National Assembly that set forth the rights of all French citisens.
- Sans-culottes
- Paris shopkeepers who rejected the traditional clothing and rituals of the ruling class.
- 3%
- The percentage of the 1st and 2nd Estate in France.
- Guerilla Warfare
- Surprise attacks by small bands of soldiers.
- Coup d'etat
- Strike against the state.
- Concert of Europe
- Meetings that took place between the Holy alliance and the Quadruple Alliance.
- Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
- The slogan for the French revolution.
- St. Helena
- Where Napoleon was exiled the second time.
- Nationalism
- Deep devotion to one's country.
- Napoleon
- The leader of the Consulate
- Great Fear
- Event marked by a feeling of fear and desperation. Peasants let loose centuries of stored up hatred of the nobles by burning down their mansions and payment books.
- Radical
- A person in favor of drastic change.
- Directory
- Five member group formed after the Reign of Terror to try to help France overcome their problems. It was ineffective.
- National Assembly
- Meeting established by the third estate in response to the voting procedures of the estate general.
- Austria
- The country that was the home to the queen Marie-Antoinette. It was where the queen and king tried to escape.
- Suffrage
- The right to vote.
- Concordot of 1801
- This gave the French government the power to appoint clergy and the church power to confirm or deny these appointments. This was a compromise between napoleon and the church.
- The People's Army
- The enormous army created by the revolutionaries of France to fight Austria.
- Conservative
- A person who is often in favor of some change but avoids too much variation from the traditions that already exist.
- Reactionary
- People at the Congress of Vienna who opposed too much change and wanted to return to the old tradional ways of doing things.
- Estates General
- The meeting called by Lous XVI to ask the three estates to accept a tax to help offset the countries deficit.
- Consulate
- This government was headed by Napoleon after a coup of the Directory.
- Bastille
- Hated symbol of oppression that was attacked by the Parisians
- Robespierre
- Person most reponsible for the Reign of Terror