French Revolution Unit Study Guide

Chapter 3 Section 1 Vocab: ancien regime estate bourgeoisie Louis XVI Jacques Necker Estates-General Tennis Court Oath Bastille National Assembly Chapter 3 Section 2 Vocab: Marquis de Lafayette Marie Antoinette migr Sans-culotte Jacobins Olympe de Gouges Legislative Assembly On The Eve of Revolution Questions: 1. Describe the structure of the social system of France just prior to the French Revolution. 2. Describe each of the three estates in French Society. 3. What financial issues plagued the French Government in 1789, and how did they lead to further unrest? 4. What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath? 5. What was the significance of the storming of the Bastille?

Chapter 3 Section 3 Vocab: Suffrage Robespierre National Convention Reign of Terror Guillotine Napoleon Nationalism Marseilles Directory Chapter 3 Section 4 Vocab: Plebiscite Napoleonic Code Annex Continental system Scorched-earth policy Abdicate Congress of Vienna Legitimacy Concert of Europe

The French Revolution Unfolds Questions: 1. What was the Great Fear? 2. What sacrifices did the nobles make in the National Assembly after peasant uprisings began? 3. What was the French Declaration of Man and Citizen and what document was it based on? 4. What reasons did the women March on Versailles? 5. Describe the new role for the Church? 6. What were the provisions of the Constitution of 1791? 7. What role did migrs play in the international perception of the French Revolution? 8. Which groups were the radicals in the Legislative Assembly? Radical Days of the Revolution Questions: 1. What occurred after the radicals took control of the Assembly? 2. Describe what the National Convention is and what its does immediately after its conception? 3. What is the job of the Committee of Public Safety? 4. Why did Robespierre think the Reign of Terror was necessary to achieve the goals of the revolution? 5. What changes occurred after the Reign of Terror came to an end? 6. What were the goals and actions of the Jacobins? The Age of Napoleon Questions: 1. How did Napoleon rise to power so quickly in France? 2. List the reforms Napoleon introduced during his rise to power and describe each. 3. How did Napoleon come to dominate most of Europe by 1812? 4. What challenges threatened Napoleons empire and what led to the disaster in Russia? 5. Describe how Napoleon falls from power include his short return to power. 6. Explain the chief goal and outcome of the Congress of Vienna.