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French Revolution Vocabulary. 1.) Fill in the blanks on your paper 2.) Color the ones that match the same color 3.) Cut them out and paste them in your notebook. The monarchy that was in power during the time of the French Revolution. During the revolution they were both executed.
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French Revolution Vocabulary 1.) Fill in the blanks on your paper 2.) Color the ones that match the same color 3.) Cut them out and paste them in your notebook
The monarchy that was in power during the time of the French Revolution. During the revolution they were both executed. King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
the body constituted by the French Third Estate in June 1789 after the calling of the Estates General. It was dissolved in Sept 1791 to be replaced by the new Legislative Assembly. National Assembly
On July 14, 1789, people of the third estate stormed and destroyed the Bastille. This prison and fortress represented royal authority; the revolutionists hoped to gain weapons and ammunition. Storming of Bastille
A French General who became Emperor of the French. Napoleon Bonaparte
A series of wars from 1803-1815 between Napoleon’s French Empire and Great Britain. The French gained power as Napoleon conquered much of Europe; but collapsed after they invaded Russia and were defeated. Napoleonic Wars
the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeatby Prussian and British forces. Battle of Waterloo
An Austrian politician who helped form the alliance that defeated Napoleon. Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich
An international conference held at Vienna after Napoleon’s banishment to Elba (an island). Metternich was chairman at this conference; the goal was to restore power and land to the crown heads of Europe. Congress of Vienna