Chapter 9 (French Revolution) Flashcards
(20 cards)
Who were the sans-culottes?
Members of the Paris Commune who wore long pants to identify with common people
What was the principle of intervention
The right of powerful nations to maintain order throughout Europe
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety who enforced policies of the reign of terror
What was the Continental System
Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British Economy
Who were the burgeoisie
- )middle class
- )included professionals
- )still were not wealthy
What is a coup d’etat
A sudden overthrow of the government
Who was Klemens von Metternich
A post revolutionary who advocated restoring the monarchy throughout Europe
What was the Bastille
The prison that was attacked on the outset of the French Revolution
What is Liberalism
The belief that people should be free from government restraint
What is nationalism
The unique cultural identity of a people
What was the goal set forth at peace talks after Napoleon’s defeat? Where did these talks take place? Which countries were present?
- )restoring European monarchs that were previously in power
- )Congress of Vienna
- ) Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
Why was the French Revolution radicalized
There became a threat of foreign intervention to restore Louis XVI as the leader of France
What are three reasons for the rebellions of 1789 by the French peasants
- )high taxes
- )high cost of food
- )political inequality
What are two issues that triggered the French Revolution
- )bad harvests
2. )slumps in manufacturing
What caused Louis XVI to accept the National Assembly’s decrees
Thousands of armed Parisians descended on the palace
Why did the status of the Catholic Church drastically change under the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The church was no longer its own entity, but rather now being controlled by the state
What is one reason Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was different
Promotions within it were based on ability rather than rank or birth
Why was the military being needed to enforce the authority of the Directory
The Directory was not being able to effectively govern its citizens after the Reign of Terror
Why could Napoleon’s Grand Empire not continue to hold its self up
The strain placed on it by Napoleon’s many wars caused France to become a war hungry country that could not continue to fight at the pace Napoleon had set forth
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen do
Proclaimed an end to aristocratic privileges by promoting the lower classes in a way previously unseen in France before
