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Unit 3 Part 1 Study Guide: French Revolution & Napoleon
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What events & ideas influenced the French Revolution?
What were the primary causes of the French Revolution?
Why was the French Revolution so important in Europe?
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
What was the Estates General & which branch of the U.S. government did it most closely resemble?
Explain the 3 Estates in French society before the Revolution (pre-Revolutionary).
Which estate had the largest population, the highest taxes, and the least representation in the government?
How were the French taxed?
What was the Bourgeoisie?
How did Louis XVI contribute to the cause of the French Revolution?
What was the voting process of the Estates-General during pre-Revolutionary France?
Which Estate broke away to form their own Legislative Branch called the National Assembly?
Why were the creation of the National Assembly and the Tennis Court Oath significant?
What event marked the first violence of the French Revolution?
What was the Storming of the Bastille and why was it important?
Early in the revolution, the goal of the National Assembly was to create what form of government?
Over time the revolution became more radical and extreme. Eventually surrounding European nations began to
send soldiers to try and stop the revolution. Why were other European nations interested in stopping the French
Revolution?
Louis XVI was executed in 1793. This event marked what turning point in France’s history?
Explain the Reign of Terror.
Who briefly became the dictator of France during the Reign of Terror after the revolution became more radical
and extreme?
After the Reign of Terror ended what weak government was put into place to try and restore order in France?
What does coup d’état mean?
How did Napoleon improve France?
What did Napoleon do to the Catholic Church?
What was Napoleon’s system of laws called?
What was a long lasting impact of the Napoleonic Wars across Europe?
What were the main targets of the Napoleonic Wars?
Where did Napoleon expand the French empire?
After the disasters of the Napoleonic Wars the French were tired of Napoleon so he was arrested and sent into
exile to what Mediterranean island?
Explain the Hundred Days.
Napoleon was finally defeated by an alliance of English, Prussian, and French forces. What was the final battle
Napoleon fought in before his final exile and eventual death?
Napoleon was eventually exiled to what island off the coast of Africa, in the South Atlantic, where he would
eventually die?