Flashcards: French Revolution & Napoleon
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HistoryofCrawford on January 17, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Estates General | The parliament/congress of France. |
| Declaration of Man & the Citizen | The French Bill of Rights - gives the rights of the French people during their revolution. |
| Reign of Terror | Most violent period of the French Revolution. |
| Robespierre | Leader of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. Largely responsible for the Reign of Terror. |
| Napoleon | French Emperor who conquered most of Europe before his exile in 1815. |
| Napoleonic Civil Code | Granted most Europeans basic Enlightenment rights for the first time. |
| coup d'etat | A military takeover of the government. |