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- 3. In the French revolution, a radical group made up of Parisian wage earners and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end of food shortages.
- 4. A sudden seizure of political power in a nation; eg. 1799, Napoleon’s seizing of political power upon his return from Egypt.
- 9. A geographic landmark (a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides) Located between France and Spain and separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees Mountain Range. Napoleon lost nearly 300,000 men at this location in 1808.
- 10. A French congress with the power to create laws and approve Declarations of war, established by the Constitution of 1791.
- 11. A series of meetings in 1814 to 1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
- 12. This class was made up of rich nobles Who held high offices in government; they disagreed about enlightenment ideas.
- 16. King of France during the French Revolution, he was beheaded by the French people as part of their rebellion.
- 17. Russian Czar who joined with Frederick III against Napoleon
- 18. The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region. In November 1806, Napoleon set up a blockade to prevent trade and communication between England and other European nations.
- 20. A wave of Senseless Panic that spread through the French Countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
- 23. A series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Clemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions.
- 24. A pledge made by members of France's new National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
- 25. A Prussian King who, with Czar Alexander I, fought against France and Napoleon
- 26. The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land; This was carried out by Alexander I to slow Napoleon and the Grand Army from marching into Russia
- 27. An assembly of representatives from all three of these states, or social classes, in France.
- 28. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.
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- 1. Well-known French general who proclaimed himself the emperor of France
- 2. A league of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia, Austria, and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna.
- 5. He signed a concordat with Napoleon that established a new relationship between the Church and the state of France. This gained Napoleon the support of the Catholic Church (Rome).
- 6. This class was made up of clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; they scorned Enlightenment ideas.
- 7. The middle class, often a class of merchants and working class people between the aristocracy /nobles and peasants. In this era of France, part of the Third Estate.
- 8. The queen of France who was put to death by the people of France as part of the French Revolution
- 13. Prince and foreign minister of Austria
- 14. A formal agreement - especially one between the pope and the government, dealing with the control of Church affairs.
- 15. One of the three social classes in France before the French Revolution - the first estate consisted of the clergy; the second estate, of the nobility; and the third estate, of the rest of the population.
- 19. A French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17th 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.
- 21. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution.
- 22. A village in Belgium where European forces defeated Napoleon in 1815.