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The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was
Vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution
Promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tried and executed
Promise to destroy all of the nation's tennis bracelets
Oath of loyalty to Valjean, lawyer - doing away w/ relics of feudalism
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Through which city did the Grand Army NOT pass on its retreat?
use the map to answer this question
Moscow
Kovno
Vitebsk
Smolensk
3
This system, developed by Napoleon, was designed to stop British goods from reaching the European continent.
Legislative Assembly
Continental System
Consulate
Nationalism
4
Napoleon's coup d' etat overthrew the ____ to establish his consulate.
Legislative Assembly
British Government
City Mayor
Directory
5
The storming of what began the French Revolution
Bastille
Paris
Armory
Versailles
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This was the most common method used to execute people.
Grapeshot
Guillotine
Firing squad
Drowning
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Where did Napoleon die at?
Moscow
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
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Napoleon's most important contribution to his domestic policies
Napoleonic Code
Continental System
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Used by the revolutionaries to execute opponents
Coup d etat
Guillotine
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Wife of King Louis XVI
Elba
Marie Antoinette
Josephine
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From which city did Napoleon order a general retreat?
use the map to answer this question
Borordino
Moscow
Konigsberg
Kovno
12
The third estate swore what oath as a result of the Estate General?
Tennis Court Oath
Paris Oath
Citizen Oath
Loyalty Oath
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Method of execution used where small iron cannon balls were shot
Grapeshot
Waterloo
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Napoleon's plan to weaken the British economy
Russia
Continental System
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The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was
The Merchant Code
The Food Code
The Religious Code
The Civil Code
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In his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by
The bitter Russian winter
A combined French and Swiss army
The superior British Navy.
The Duke of Wellington
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The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by
Splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides
Waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter
alliance w/ Egypt, launched an attack on Turkey to draw Napoleon out Russia
Retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages/countryside
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Louis XVI called this together for the first time since 1614.
National Convention
Directory
Consulate
Estates General
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What ended the Reign of Terror?
Execution of Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of 1805
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What was the spark that started the reign of terror?
Execution of Louis XVI
National Assembly
National Convention
Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Site of Napoleon's final defeat
Waterloo
Guillotine
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A sudden overthrow of the government from the inside
Coup d etat
Napoleon Code
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In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention
Ordered several new libraries and universities, but the treasury was empty
Declared new national holidays celebrating great French cuisine
Drafted yet another Constitution to reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Pursued a policy of dechristianization, to adopt a new calendar
24
The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at
Annecy in France
The Black Forest in Germany
Moscow in Russia
Waterloo in Belgium
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What group of people made up the first estate?
Merchants
Nobility
Clergy
Artisans
26
What profession was Maximilien Robespierre before the revolution took off?
Parliament Member
Doctor
King
Lawyer
27
What happened between the years 1793-1794?
STorming of the Bastille
French Revolution Ended
March on Versailles
Reign of Terror
28
This was the
immediate
problem faced by France before the French Revolution.
Drought
Feudalism
A poor economy and bad harvest
Estates General
29
The three major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire were
The French Empire, the dependent states, and the allied states
Austria, Prussia, and Serbia
The First Estate, the Second Estate, and the Third Estate
France, Morocco, and Algeria
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Which city was located on the Prussian border?
use the map to answer the question
Konigsberg
Kovno
Moscow
Vitebsk
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Napoleon's great love
Marie Antoinette
Josephine
Elba
32
What was the biggest problem in the Estates General?
It only involved the first two estates
No leader
Each estate had one vote regardless of population
Louis XVI decided to allow the third estate another vote
33
Where Napoleon made his biggest mistake of the Napoleonic Wars
Grapeshot
Russia
34
The law that Napoleon wrote that was applied throughout the Empire.
Napoleonic Code
Rights of Men
Civil Code
Napoleonic Law
35
This was the name of the constitution that was written by the National Assembly.
The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Republic of France
The Declaration of the Republic of France
The Declaration of France Citizens
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
36
Which of France's estates was NOT exempt from the taille or tax?
The Third Estate (peasants)
The Third Estate (land owners)
The Second Estate (nobility)
The First Estate (clergy)
37
Island off the coast of Tuscany, where Napoleon was first exiled
Russia
Elba
38
Promotion within Napoleon's new bureaucracy was
Based on ability only, not rank or birth.
benefit the nobility; stop middle class from high-ranking position
Given to those Napoleon favored but taken away when they fell out of favor
Based on height
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What is the group of 3 that control France after the French Revolution?
Directory
National Convention
Napoleon
Estate General
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What were the two major reasons that Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed?
France's weak economy and the drain of Napoleon's many wars
Napoleon's greed and laziness within his bureaucracy
The survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism
The resentment of the clergy and the plotting of the accountants
