Unit 3 Review

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  1. 6. This document was drafted by the French National Assembly in 1789 that explained the goals of the new government and served as a preamble to the new French Constitution.
  2. 7. This was a series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations (Great Britain, Austria, Russia, etc.) between 1799 and 1815.
  3. 8. This was the name of the public schools that Napoleon set up to train soldiers and government officials.
  4. 12. France’s neighboring monarchies feared that the French Revolution would spread this and threaten their power and control.
  5. 15. The form of government that was created once Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor of France.
  6. 16. The period that Napoleon Bonaparte escaped exile on Elba and re-seized power in France in 1815.
  7. 17. He was the Jacobin leader and the head of the Committee of Public Safety that ordered the execution of thousands during the Reign of Terror.
  8. 19. Napoleon Bonaparte took control of France by staging this against the government.
  9. 20. During this meeting of the estates general, the Third Estate was locked out and they decided draft a new national constitution.
  10. 21. The name of the political system prior to the French Revolution that divided French people into three estates.
  11. 23. After retaking control of France in 1815, Napoleon was defeated for the final time at this battle.
  12. 24. Liberty, equality, and fraternity became the rallying cry for this revolution.
  13. 25. The form of government that existed in France before the French Revolution.
  14. 30. The Haitian Revolution played a major role in Napoleon Bonaparte selling this territory to the United States for $15 million in 1803. This sale effectively doubled the size of the United States.
  15. 31. This began in 1793 against the revolutionary government as people fiercely fought against the levee en masse (military draft) and the abolishment of Christianity.
  16. 32. Saint Domingue (Haiti) was a colony of this European power.
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  1. 1. This was the first completely successful slave revolt in world history.
  2. 2. This series of wars began after Napoleon invaded Portugal and Spain after Portugal refused to go along with the Continental System. The Portuguese and the Spaniards use of guerilla warfare tactics and additional British troops led to the French defeat.
  3. 3. Napoleon Bonaparte was then exiled for the final time to this British island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
  4. 4. Austria and Prussia declared this on France in 1792 after King Louis XVI and Queen Mary Antoinette were taken prisoner by the revolutionary government in France.
  5. 5. This monarch faced a number of problems before the French Revolution began that included serious debt, high food prices from inflation, and an unfair tax system.
  6. 9. The system of laws under Napoleon Bonaparte that protected the rights of men (legal rights, freedom of religion, etc.) and women and minors had few rights in society.
  7. 10. This French colony in the Caribbean was valuable because it produced valuable cash crops that included coffee, sugar, indigo, and cotton.
  8. 11. In 1812, Napoleon made a huge blunder that resulted in deaths of over 500,000 soldiers when he tried to invade this country during the winter months while low on supplies.
  9. 13. He would eventually go on to lead the slave uprising in Saint Domingue against white plantation owners known as the Grand Blancs as well as against French, British, and Spanish forces on the island of Hispaniola.
  10. 14. This organization in the revolutionary government imposed the Reign of Terror by abolishing legal rights, due process, religious freedom, and freedom of speech.
  11. 18. A military fortress/prison in Paris was stormed by a mob looking for weapons on July 14, 1789.
  12. 22. In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was forced to abdicate the thrown after being defeated in the “Battle of the Nations” at Leipzig in Germany and then France being invaded by British, Prussian, Austrian, Russian, and Swedish forces. Afterwards, Napoleon was exiled to this island.
  13. 26. This was Napoleon’s plan to damage the British economy by preventing British imports from reaching Europe.
  14. 27. This estate in French Society paid 50% or more of their income in taxes to the king and the other estates.
  15. 28. During the Reign of Terror, this machine was used for public executions.
  16. 29. During this time period of the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre rose to power and eventually had King Louis XVI executed by guillotine for crimes against the state.