📌 Between 1789 and 1815, France successively experienced absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, the Terror, the Directory, the Consulate and the Empire.
1. What distinguished sovereignty under France’s absolute monarchy from sovereignty established by the Revolution?
2. Which sequence correctly lists the political regimes France experienced between 1789 and 1815?
3. Which comparison correctly describes Napoleon’s military experiences in Italy and Egypt?
Which political regimes did France experience between 1789 and 1815?
Absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, the Terror, the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire.
What political principle replaced divine right under the French Revolution?
National or popular sovereignty.
When did Napoleon become a general at Toulon?
In 1793.
What event ended the Directory and established the Consulate?
The coup of 18-19 Brumaire in 1799.
What did the Constitution of Year VIII establish in 1799?
An authoritarian republic with highly centralized power.
What did the Civil Code unify in French law?
French civil law, especially family, property, and employer-employee relations.
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