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  • Battle of Waterloo
    1815
  • What was the government system in France?
    Absolute Monarchy
  • Was the king condemned as a traitor? Why?
    Yes, because he wanted to escape
  • Puppet States of Napoleon in Europe
    Spain and Confederation of the Rhine
  • Who became on of the leading figures of the French revolution?
    Napoleon Bonaparte
  • When was the French revolution?
    1789-1799
  • Who benefits from the taxes?
    The monarchs and the clergy
  • What are some characteristics of Napoleon Bonaparte?
    Genius, power thirst, ambicious, military genius
  • Who was the King during this period?
    King Louis XVI
  • The French revolution occurs before or after the US independence?
    after
  • Where did Napoleon die?
    island of St Helena
  • What was one of the primarly causes of the French Revolution?
    A financial crisis, monarchy levy taxes on the 3th state
  • What was the 100 days?
    Napoleon returns from island of Elba
  • Who became emperor after the people wanted to change absolutely everything in France?
    Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Who were the Jacobins? When did they rule?
    radical group led by Robespierre and Danton, 1793-1794, executing their political enemies
  • What was the name of the government that Napoloen first ruled?
    consulate
  • Battle of Trafalgar
    1805
  • What does the enlightment promote?
    Reason and Human freedom
  • True or false: The French Revolution was an inspiration for other countries to end the monarchy?
    True
  • True or false: the french people wanted to change everything in their country?
    True
  • Who were the only ones that paid taxes?
    Middle class merchants, craftsmen, and peasants
  • When was the Congress of Vienna? What ideas did they propose?
    1814-15, strengthening the old dynasties of Europe
  • When were the Napoleonic wars?
    1799-1815
  • True or false: The King Louise stayed in his country to face all the trouble
    False
  • What were some of the consecuences of the French debt?
    Unemployment, famine inequality, economic depression
  • When was Napoleon's Russian campaign ? Who was the tsar?
    1812, Alexander
  • What was the "estates-general"?
    An assembly with representatives from the 3 states
  • True or false: the enlightment plays an important role during the French revolution
    True
  • When did the French revolution end ?
    1799
  • When did the French Revolution start?
    1789
  • WHen did Napoleon become the emperor of France?
    1804
  • True or false: The revolution began when Parisian stormed the Bastille prison
    True
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