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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Congress of Vienna | series of meetings of European powers to ensure the security and stability of a new European order after Napoleon's defeat |
| Hundred Days | Napoleon's last bid for power |
| Concert of Europe | alliance devised by Metternich to ensure that nations would help one another if revolution broke out |
| Plebiscite | vote of the people |
| Estates General | an assembly of representatives from all three social classes in France |
| Old Regime | the social and political system of France in the 1700's |
| Louis XVI | king of France in the 1770's and 1780's known for his extravagant spending |
| Estate | one of three social classes in France in the late 1700's |
| Marie Antoinette | Madam Deficit queen of France known for spending money |
| Tennis Court Oath | the pledge by the Third Estate to meet until they created a new constitution |
| National Assembly | first deliberate act of revolution by France's Third Estate was to establish this law making body |
| Maxmillien Robespierre | Jacobin leader who ruled over the Reign of Terror in which thousands of French citizens were executed |
| Klemens Von Metterich | foreign minister of Austria who wanted to restore balance of power in Europe |
| Continental System | Napoleon's blockade of Europe's ports which intended to make continental Europe more self sufficient |
| Bastille | French prison and revolutionary symbol |
| Bastille Day | French celebration similar to July 4 |
| Great Britain | the one country not conquered by Napoleon |
| Vienna | meeting place of European congress |
| Trafalgar | site of Napoleon's major naval defeat |
| Robespierre | Ruler during Reign of Terror |
| Old Regime | political and social system before French Revolution |
| Radicals | Left wing of legislative assembly |
| Conservatives | right wing of legislative assembly |
| Spain | France's enemy in Peninsular War |
| Estates | large social classes |
| Third estate | lease powerful social class before revolution (majority of people) |
| Guillotine | machine for beheading criminals |
| Reign of Terror | time when thousands of citizens were executed |
| Blockade | forcible closing of ports |
| Waterloo | site of Napoleon's final battle |
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