History 102 quiz 7-9

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Beginning in 1667, King Louis XIV of France involved his country in a series of three wars with the goal of acquiring:

The Netherlands

In the history of the French Revolution, the term Thermidorean Reaction refers to:

The End of the Reign of Terror

One of Napolean Bonaparte's most enduring achievements was this 1804 legal reform:

Civil Code

By this treaty, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States of America:

Treaty of Paris of 1783

If you were to ask Napolean Bonaparte what his greatest single mistake had been, If he was honest he would have to say that it was:

The invasion of Russia

The most accurate way to describe Napolean Bonaparte's Egyptian Campaign (1798-1799) would be to say that:

It was more important for its scientific results that its military ones

The best explanation for the frequent and sudden changing of sides that occurred during European wars of the 18th century is the rulers were

Trying to maintain the balance of power

When Napolean Bonaparte seized power in France in the Brumaire coup of 1799, he took for himself the title of:

First Consul

The French Revolution had a major impact on the language of politics in the modern era. Allexpressions were inspired by the FR except:

"gerrymandering" to describe the practice of drawing district lines to favor particularcandidates in elections

When war broke out with Great Britain again in 1803, Napolean Bonaparte needed money so badly that he agreed to an offer by the US to buy

Louisiana

Led by William of Orange, who later became King William III of England, the alliance formed in 1686 to oppose King Louis XIV was called the:

League of Augsburg

The last Habsburg ruler of Spain, whose death led to the War of the Spanish Succession, was:

Charles II

What was the name of the 1801 agreement by which Napolean Bonaparte agreed to recognize the "preferred" religion and abolish the FR calendar

Concordat

According to many historians, the so-called popular phase of the FR began on July 14, 1789, when a Paris mob seized this royal fortress:

The Bastille

All of the following can be listed as caused of the French Revolution, except:

France had lost all of its colonies in the American Revolutionary War

The so-called "hundred days" of 1815 ended with Napolean I's defeat at:

Waterloo

The purpose of Napolean Bonaparte's Continental System was to:

Close all of Europe to British shipping and commerce

The war of the 1st Coalition involved revolutionary France on one side with Austria and Prussia on the other. Meaning:

Both sides wanted war.

The War of the Austrian Succession broke out in 1740 when this woman inherited the Austrian throne:

Maria Theresa

The king of France at the time of the French Revolution was:

Louis XVI

In this battle in 1805, Lord Nelson destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleets off the coast of Spain:

Trafalgar

A consequence of the FR was the slave rebellion in 1791 in the French colony St.-Domingue (Haiti). The leader of this rebellion was:

Toussaint L'Ouverture

All of the following resulted from the Seven Years' War, Except:

France Gained Florida

Until his own overthrow and execution in July 1794, This leader in the FR dominated the committee of public safety and directed the RoT:

Maximillien Robespierre