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Unit 3 Review Worksheet- Part I The French Revolution (Ch. 7; pp. 217-230) Completion: Fill in the blanks with words or phrases that best completes the statements. 1. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution was called the _______________________________________________. 2. The people in France were divided into three large ________________________, or estates. 3. The 1st Estate was made up of the ___________________, which owned 10% of the land in France. 4. The 2nd Estate was made up of _____________________, whose wealth was in the land and paid no taxes. 5. About _______ percent of the population belonged to the 3rd Estate. 6. The ________________________, merchants and artisans, were well educated and believed strongly in the Enlightenment ideals of liberty and equality. 7. More than 80% of the people in France were ____________________. 8. The French king in 1789, _________________________, was a weak leader who paid little attention to governing. 9. The queen, ______________________________, was unpopular because she was Austrian and she spent large sums of money on food, clothes, and jewels. 10. When the king tried to tax the nobles, the _______________________, forced him to call a meeting of the Estates-General. 11. After the king called for the Estates-General to meet, problems broke out over ________ ___________________________________________. 12. Instead of meeting with the other two estates, the delegates of the 3rd Estate voted to form a _______________________________ and pass laws and reforms in the name of the people. 13. The delegates took a pledge, called the _________________________________________, promising to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution. 14. When rumors started that foreign troops were coming to Paris to massacre French citizens, an angry mob stormed the _____________________________ in search of gunpowder. 15. A senseless wave of panic, called the _________________________, swept the countryside and many peasants broke into nobles’ manors and tore up the old legal documents that bound them to pay feudal dues. 16. On August 27, 1789, the National Assembly adopted a statement of revolutionary ideals called the _________________________________________________________________. 17. The National Assembly lost the support of the _________________ when it sold off Church lands to pay off some of the debt. 18. The Constitution of 1791 gave legislative power to a _____________________________ and left the executive power to the _________________________. 19. In 1792, France went to war with _________________ and ________________ when those countries proposed that France put the king back on the throne. 20. The king was tried for __________________ and executed by the ____________________. 21. After the king’s death, Maximilien Robespierre took control of the government and tried to create a “_____________________________________”. 22. In the summer of 1793, Robespierre became the leader of the ________________________ ________________________, which was created to identify “enemies of the republic”. 23. The period of Robespierre’s rule has become known as the _________________________. 24. Robespierre was finally forced from power by ___________________________________, who then had him executed. 25. After Robespierre’s death, a new constitution was written that called for a two-house legislature and an executive body of five men, called the ___________________________. 26. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the Mediterranean island of _______________________. 27. Napoleon’s first chance for glory came when he defended delegates to the ______________ ___________________ from attacking royalist rebels. 28. In 1796, Napoleon won a series of victories in _________________________, which ended Austria’s threat to France. 29. In 1799, the Directory was dissolved and Napoleon assumed dictatorial powers as the ____ _________________of the French Republic. 30. A sudden seizure of power like Napoleon’s is known as a __________________________, or a “blow of state”. Essay: Answer the following question completely. (Use a separate sheet of paper) 31. List the three factions in the Legislative Assembly; describe where they sat and what their political views were. Then identify the groups on the extreme right and the extreme left and explain what they wanted to accomplish. Refer to pp. 223-224 (10 points) Unit 3 Review Worksheet- Part II The French Revolution (Ch. 7: pp. 230-240 & Ch. 8: pp. 253-257) 1. In 1800, a ____________________________, or vote of the people, was held to approve a new constitution. 2. In 1804, with the support of the French people, Napoleon was made the ______________ of France. 3. As a result of the French army’s conquests in Europe, the rulers of _________________, __________________, and ___________________ all signed peace treaties with France. 4. In his war with the Third Coalition, the only major battle Napoleon lost was a naval defeat against the British at the ______________________________________________. 5. In 1806, Napoleon attempted to make Europe more self-sufficient through the use of what he termed the _______________________________________________________. 6. Great Britain responded with a __________________________________ against France, which became the major cause of war between Great Britain and the United States. 7. The Peninsular War was a war between France and Spanish _______________________. 8. When Napoleon invaded Russia, the Russian army retreated toward Moscow and practiced a ________________________________________________________ policy. 9. Napoleon captured Moscow after winning the Battle of __________________________. 10. The Grand Army of France entered Russia with 422,000 troops but only _____________ returned to France. 11. Napoleon’s European enemies quickly took advantage, and defeated him at the German city of ____________________________________________________________. 12. Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne and then exiled to _____________________. 13. After escaping from exile, Napoleon gathered volunteers from the French countryside and seized power from ____________________________________________________. 14. Napoleon’s final defeat occurred at the Battle of ________________________________. 15. After the final defeat of Napoleon, the European powers held a series of meetings known as the __________________________________________________________________. 16. The MAIN goal of the governments that participated in these meetings was to establish ____________________________ and ____________________ for the entire continent. 17. Late in 1815, Austria and Prussia entered into a league called the ___________________. 18. A series of alliances, called the _______________________________________, assured that nations would help one another if any revolutions broke out. 19. One legacy of these agreements was a series of revolutions in _____________________. 20. In the first half of the 1800s, ____________________________argued for protecting the traditional monarchies of Europe, ____________________ wanted to give more power to elected parliaments chosen by the educated and landowners, and ___________________ favored drastic change to extend democracy to the people as a whole. 21. The belief that one’s greatest loyalty should be to a nation of people who share a common culture and history is called ________________________________________________. 22. The first people to win self-rule during this period were the _______________________, who won their independence from the __________________________________ Empire. 23. In _____________________________, ethnic uprisings erupted throughout Europe. 24. In 1848, ______________________________ won the presidential election in France. Four years later he took the title of ___________________________________________. Short Answer: Answer the following questions completely (Use a separate sheet of paper, if necessary) 25. List five goals of the French Revolution and describe specific actions Napoleon took to meet each of those goals. Refer to chart on p. 224-231 (10 points) 26. List Metternich’s three goals of the Congress of Vienna, and explain the actions taken to meet those goals. Refer to CW #13 or pp. 238-240 (10 points)