Flashcards: French Revolution and Empire — 13 cards

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1Question

What transformations did France and Europe experience between 1789 and 1815?

Answer

Profound political, economic, and social transformations.

2Question

In which year did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power?

Answer

1799.

3Question

How did Napoleon Bonaparte affect political stability after 1799?

Answer

He restored a degree of political stability through an imperial regime.

4Question

What period is seen as the birth of a sovereign nation?

Answer

The period from 1789 to 1792.

5Question

What two systems did the revolutionary transformation challenge?

Answer

Absolute monarchy and the society of orders.

6Question

Who did not accept the new constitutional monarchy?

Answer

Not everyone accepted the new constitutional monarchy.

7Question

What did the king hope to recover during the revolution?

Answer

His power.

8Question

How did revolutionaries feel about the king?

Answer

They deeply distrusted him.

9Question

On which date did France declare war on Austria?

Answer

20 April 1792.

10Question

What did the Assembly declare before the invasion?

Answer

The fatherland was in danger.

11Question

Who were called as volunteers by the Assembly?

Answer

Fédérés and sans-culottes.

12Question

What event happened on 10 August 1792?

Answer

The Tuileries insurrection.

13Question

What was the consequence of the Tuileries insurrection?

Answer

The king’s arrest and imprisonment.

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