MAK Chapter 6
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EvangelineChiow on January 3, 2011
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The French Revolution and Napoleon
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Reign of Terror | A period during the French Revolution in which the Robespierre-led government executed thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens |
| Napoleonic Wars | A series of wars Napoleon began in his quest to conquer Europe during 1796-1815 |
| counterrevolutions | A revolution against a government established by a revolution |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | A general; Emperor of France |
| King Louis XVI | King of France from 1643 to 1715; known as the Sun King |
| Enlightenment | A time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the Age of Reason |
| Continental System | The system of commercial blockades of Britain and continental Europe, set in place by Napoleon with the intent of destroying Britain's economy |
| Draft | The document (Levee en Masse) saying that every able bodied young man in France who is unmarried will serve in the army |
| Congress of Vienna | Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish a balance of power and make Europe peaceful again after the Napoleonic Wars |
| First Estate | made up of the Roman Catholic clergy, about 1 percent of the population |
| Napoleon's Russian Campaign | Russians had refused to remain in the Continental System, so Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812 |
| Napoleon's escape from Elba | After about a year in exile on Elba, Napoleon managed to hire a ship that took him and many supporters back to France. |
| Economic Reforms | Napoleon established the Bank of France to regulate economy and set up a more efficient tax collection system |
| Nationalism | A sense of identity and unity as a people |
| Guillotine | A device used during the French Revolution for beheading people in a more humane way |
| The Bourgeoisie | The urban middle class; merchants, professionals, and manufacturers |
| Horatio Nelson | British admiral who defeated Napoleon's navy in Egypt |
| Robespierre | A very radical figure of the French Revolution during the Reign of Terror |
| Necker | Financial adviser of Louis XVI that was fired |
| Bastille | Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to get weapons to defend themselves from Louis's army |
| Second Estate | made up of the nobility, less than 2 percent of the population |
| Third Estate | the largest group of people, everyone else, 97 percent of the population |
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