Chapter 21 History Review Flashcards
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- Louis XVI
- Last king of France (1774–92) in the Bourbon line preceding the French Revolution.
- Marie Antionette
- Queen of Fracne adn wife of Louis XVI
- Emmanuel Sieyes
- French political theorist who won great popularity for his pamphelt What is the Third Estate?
- Edmund Burke
- British parliamentarian, orator, and political philosopher. He is regarded as the founder of conservatism.
- Thomas Paine
- English-American writer and political pampleteer. He is famous for the pamphlet Common Sense.
- Jacques-Louis David
- Famous French painter who was mainly involved in Neo-Classical paintings. He was the prominent artistic force during the French Revolution.
- Olympe de Gouges
- A self taught writer and women of the people during the French Revolution.
- Georges-Jacques Danton
- French revolutionary leader. Who was a lawyer before the revolution and became a leading voice of opposition to the Reign of Terror.
- Maximilian Robespierre
- Leading French revolutionary who headed the Committie of Public Safety. He is responsible for the Reign of Terror and was executed at the guillotine.
- Antoine Saint-Just
- French Revolutionary leader who wrote Esprit de la révolution et de la constitution de France in support of the revolution. He was a member of the committie of public safety with Robespierre and was a fanatical leader of the Reign of Terror and died at the guillotine.
- Charles Talleyrand
- French statesman and member of the clergy. He became known as the bishop of the revolution. He was appointed foreign minister three separate times.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- French general who ascended through the ranks and one numerous military victories against the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians. In a coup he was appointed first counsel effectively making him a dictator and in 1804 crowned himself emperor of France.
- Joseph Fouche
- Minister of Police. He established an effective spy system and jailed 2500 hundred French citizens as political enemies to Napoleon.
- Alexander I
- Czar of Russia who defeated Napoleon in his invasion of Russia and was part of the Fourth Coalition that deposed Napoleon.
- Arthur Wellesley
- British general who led British forces in the Penninsula War, the attack on Paris, and the battle of Waterloo.
- Louis XVIII
- Louis XVIII brother who was installed on the throne by the allies after Napoleon was desposed.