People of the French Revolution
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alyssadangelo on January 5, 2008
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Luxembourgish | English |
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| Thomas Jefferson |  His Declaration of Independence was a product of the Enligtenment because it stated natural rights and declared colonies free from allegiance to England |
| Abbe Sieyes | He wrote "What is the Third Estate?" |
| Jacques Turgot | He the French financial advisor in 1774; he was a physiocrat who was fired after 18 months on the job because he was questioned by the nobility |
| Jacques Necker | This financial advisor follwed Turogt; he borrowed money and increased the royal debt of France |
| Charles de Calonne | This financial advisor called the Assembly of Notables, but failed to gain support from the First and Second Estates so he told the king to recall the Estates-General in July 1778 |
| Olympe de Gouges | She wrote the Declaration of Rights of Women |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | He was a French military leader born in Corsica and married to Josephine; he eventually became the First Consul (dictator) after a rise in power stemmed from successes in Italy and Paris and the Coup D'etat |
| Toussaint Louverture | In 1797 he became the governor of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and attempted to lead an Enligtened revolution which causes Napoleon to send troops to Haiti |
| Horatio Nelson | He is the greatest British admiral who destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet; he died in the Battle of Trafalgar |
| Robespierre | He led the Reign of Terror and ironically became the Terror's last victim |
| Danton | He was the hero of the September Massacre and a co-leader of the Reign of Terror until his execution in March of 1794 |
| Louis XVI | His execution was ordered by the National Convention; this began the Reign of Terror (also ending the monarchy) |
| Marat | He was a radical journalist who made lists of people to be guillotined |
| Alexander I | He was the Russian tsar during the Napoleonic Wars; he broke the Treaty of Tilsit to trade with England, causing Napoleon to send troops to Russia even though he was involved in the Penninsular Wars |
| Duke of Wellington | He was a British general who organized his troops in Portugal during the Spanish War of Independence; this became Napoleon's first continental defeat |
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