The Estates Liberte`, Egalite` Fraternite` Government Napoleon Potpourri
The Estates $100 The First Estate contained this group which owned 10% of the land and paid no taxes.
The Estates $100 What is the Clergy?
The Estates $200 The Second Estate was made up of this group who owned 25-30% of the land and paid no taxes.
The Estates $200 What is the nobilty?
The Estates $300 The name given to the wealthy middle class of the Third Estate.
The Estates $300 What is the bourgeoise?
The Estates $400 The name for the governing body that consisted of representatives from all three estates.
The Estates $400 What was the Estates General?
The Estates $500 The Third Estate changed it’s name to this and vowed to create a constitution for France.
The Estates $500 What is The National Assembly?
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $100 This beheading machine became the weapon of choice for the revolution.
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $100 What was the Guillotine?
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $200 The National Assembly gave this group power after Louis XVI was executed.
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $200 What is The Committee of Public Safety?
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $300 Members of this group took the king captive and referred to themselves as sans-culottes, “without breeches.”
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $300 What is the Paris Commune?
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $400 Members of the 3 rd Estate tore down this prison and armory after they raided it and found no weapons inside.
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $400 What is the Bastille?
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $500 The Reign of Terror began and ended with this radical Jacobin, who was a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
Liberte`, Egalite`, Fraternite` $500 What was Maximilien Robespierre?
Government $100 This group of angry Parisians stormed the palace and forced the abolishment of the monarchy.
Government $100 Who is the Paris Commune?
Government $200 This document, adopted on August 26 th, 1789 was inspired by the English Bill of Rights, the American Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Government $200 What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
Government $300 This new committee of five people would lead France until Napoleon overthrew them in 1799.
Government $300 What is The Directory?
Government $400 Under the Constitution of 1791, this group would make the laws, despite the fact that there was still a king.
Government $400 Who was the Legislative Assembly?
Government $500 The Robespierre led CPS wanted a democratic republic composed of good citizens known as this….
Government $500 What is the Republic of Virtue?
Napoleon $100 Napoleon became consulate of France by taking part in a military overthrow of the government, called this…
Napoleon $100 What is a coup d'état?
Napoleon $200 Once in power, Napoleon unified all the laws in France by introducing this change.
Napoleon $200 What is the Napoleonic Code, or Civil Code?
Napoleon $300 Napoleon controlled his Grand Empire by setting up these two types of states under his rule.
Napoleon $300 What are dependent states and allied states?
Napoleon $400 Napoleon was exiled after both of his defeats. First to Elba, and then to this small island in the southern Atlantic.
Napoleon $400 What is St. Helena?
Napoleon $500 Napoleon was defeated for the final time by a group of Prussian and British troops led by this man.
Napoleon $500 Who is the Duke of Wellington?
Potpourri $100 A sense of identity as a country based on a common language, religion or other symbols is known as this…
Potpourri $100 What is nationalism?
Potpourri $200 Despite many attempts, Napoleon was never able to defeat this island nation north of France.
Potpourri $200 What is Great Britain?
Potpourri $300 The lavish spending of this queen of Louis XVI led to public resentment and she was eventually beheaded.
Potpourri $300 Who was Marie Antoinette?
Potpourri $400 Before he became emperor, Napoleon was given this title, taken from ancient Rome.
Potpourri $400 What is consulate?
Potpourri $500 Napoleon’s combined forces of France, the allied states and the dependent states was known by this title.
Potpourri $500 What is the Grand Empire?