French Revolution FoundationsStartRevolutionReign of Terror Napoleon FINAL

Foundations 100 The colonists won their war for independence due to Generous military and financial aid from various European states, especially France

Foundations 200 The Constitution of the United States of 1789 Created a republic in which the branches of government provided checks on one another

Foundations 300 The American Revolution affected Europeans by Proving that the ideas of the Enlightenment could be realized politically

Foundations 400 A key conduit of “enlightened” American political and moral ideas back to Europe was formed by The hundreds French army and navy soldiers returning from the American Revolutionary War

Foundations 500 The defeat of General Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown in 1781, leading to British abandonment of the Revolutionary War, was achieved by A combined American and French army supported by a heavily armed French fleet

Start of the Revolution 100 French society on the eve of their revolution Was still largely dominated by the nobility and clergy

Start of the Revolution 200 The most immediate cause of the French Revolution was The government’s failure to resolve its debts and other economic problems

Start of the Revolution 300 By the eighteenth century, the French bourgeoisie and nobility were Increasingly less distinguishable from each other

Start of the Revolution 400 In 1789, the Estates-General was Divided over the issue of voting by “orders” or by “head.”

Start of the Revolution 500 As one measure of the French crown’s terrible financial predicament, by 1788 the interest payments on the state debt alone amounted to One-half of all government spending

Revolution 100 The French revolutionary slogan neatly evoking the ideals of the rebellion was “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!”

Revolution 200 The controversy over voting by order versus voting by head in the Estates-General saw The Third Estate respond by forming a “National Assembly.”

Revolution 300 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Owed much to the ideas of the American Declaration of Independence

Revolution 400 In regard to the Catholic Church, the National Assembly Passed legislation that secularized church offices and clergymen

Revolution 500 What type of government was established in France by 1791? Constitutional monarchy

Reign of Terror 100 The Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror Was headed by Maximilien Robespierre

Reign of Terror 200 The French Republic’s army in the 1790s Fueled modern nationalism and was raised through mobilization of the population

Reign of Terror 300 In regard to religion, the National Convention Took measures to dechristianize the republic

Reign of Terror 400 During the Reign of Terror, the majority of the victims were Peasant and laboring classes

Reign of Terror 500 In the Reign of Terror’s “preservation” of the revolution from its internal enemies Rebellious cities were brutally defeated by the Revolutionary Armies

Napoleon 100 The government of the Directory in the period of the Thermidorean Reaction Increasingly had to rely on military support for its survival

Napoleon 200 Which of the following statements best applies to Napoleon? He was both a child of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution

Napoleon 300 Which of the following statements best applies to Napoleon’s domestic policies? His Civil Code reaffirmed the ideals of the Revolution while creating a uniform legal system

Napoleon 400 The Concordat Reestablished the Catholic Church and gave the pope limited authority in France

Napoleon 500 Napoleon met his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY!