Question

7.2-7.3 open note quiz
using your notes answer the following questions

1. what uniform set of laws does napoleon issue?
2. what two consequences are there from napoleon losing the battle of trafalgar?
3. list two things the legislative assembly does after the september massacres.
4. which revolutionary document (written statement) promises french citizens certain rights and guaranteed freedoms?
5. which french leader seizes power in 1799 through a coup d’ etat?
6. which battle solidifies napoleon’s military greatness?
7. which radical phase of the french revolution does m. robespierre initiate to protect the revolution?
8. which french revolutionary legislative body creates a limited constitutional monarchy in 1791?
9. what was the name of the schools created to train government officials in napoleon’s government ?
10. what was the name of the agreement napoleon and the roman catholic church come to regarding the status of the church?
11. who were the jacobins?
12. what was the name of the french government that featured a 2 - house legislature and an executive body of five men at the end of the reign of terror?
13. what was the continental system?
14. why did napoleon sell the louisiana territory to the united states in 1803? (2 reasons)
15. which form of execution was considered “enlightened” by the french revolutionaries?

Explanation:

This is a quiz on the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Below are the corrected/verified answers for each question, based on historical facts:

1. Confirmed correct: Napoleon's uniform law code is the Napoleonic Code.
2. Corrected: The two consequences are that Napoleon abandoned plans to invade Britain, and Britain gained control of the seas.
3. Confirmed correct: The Legislative Assembly abolished the monarchy and deposed the king after the September Massacres.
4. Corrected: The document is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
5. Confirmed correct: Napoleon seized power in 1799 via a coup.
6. Corrected: The Battle of Austerlitz solidified Napoleon's military greatness (Trafalgar was his major naval defeat).
7. Confirmed correct: Robespierre initiated the Reign of Terror.
8. Confirmed correct: The National Constituent Assembly created the 1791 limited constitutional monarchy.
9. Added: Napoleon created lycées to train government officials.
10. Confirmed correct: The agreement with the Catholic Church was the Concordat of 1801.
11. Confirmed correct: The Jacobins were a radical political organization.
12. Corrected: The government was the Directory, a 5-man executive with a 2-house legislature.
13. Confirmed correct: The Continental System was a European blockade against Britain.
14. Confirmed correct: Napoleon sold Louisiana to fund European operations and weaken British influence in the Americas.
15. Confirmed correct: The guillotine was seen as an "enlightened" execution method.

Answer:

1. The Napoleonic code
2. Napoleon abandoned the invasion of Britain; Britain gained naval supremacy
3. Monarchy abolished and created a republic; Deposes king
4. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
5. Napoleon
6. Battle of Austerlitz
7. The Reign of Terror
8. The National Constituent Assembly
9. Lycées
10. Concordat (of 1801)
11. Radical political organization
12. The Directory
13. A blockade of Europe to keep Britain from trading
14. To raise funds for European operations; To weaken British influence in the Americas
15. Guillotine