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4. Bourbon to Bonaparte (1589-1870) Flashcards

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Henry IV

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1553
  • Rule Begin: 1589
  • Rule End: 1610
  • Reason for Succession: Heir to Henry III
  • Key Events: Ended Wars of Religion; Edict of Nantes
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Louis XIII

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1601
  • Rule Begin: 1610
  • Rule End: 1643
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Henry IV
  • Key Events: Siege of La Rochelle; Thirty Years’ War
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Louis XIV

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1638
  • Rule Begin: 1643
  • Rule End: 1715
  • Reason for Succession: Son of Louis XIII
  • Key Events: Absolutism; built Versailles; many wars
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Louis XV

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1710
  • Rule Begin: 1715
  • Rule End: 1774
  • Reason for Succession: Great-grandson of Louis XIV
  • Key Events: Seven Years’ War; loss of New France
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Louis XVI

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1754
  • Rule Begin: 1774
  • Rule End: 1792
  • Reason for Succession: Grandson of Louis XV
  • Key Events: French Revolution; executed in 1793
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National Convention

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  • Title: Republic
  • Dynasty/Regime: First Republic
  • Birth Year: -
  • Rule Begin: 1792
  • Rule End: 1795
  • Reason for Succession: Revolutionary government
  • Key Events: Reign of Terror; execution of Louis XVI
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Directory

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  • Title: Republic
  • Dynasty/Regime: First Republic
  • Birth Year: -
  • Rule Begin: 1795
  • Rule End: 1799
  • Reason for Succession: Established by constitution
  • Key Events: Coup of 18 Brumaire
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Napoleon Bonaparte

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  • Title: First Consul
  • Dynasty/Regime: Consulate
  • Birth Year: 1769
  • Rule Begin: 1799
  • Rule End: 1804
  • Reason for Succession: Coup d’état
  • Key Events: Napoleonic Code; Concordat of 1801
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Napoleon I

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  • Title: Emperor
  • Dynasty/Regime: First Empire
  • Birth Year: 1769
  • Rule Begin: 1804
  • Rule End: 1814
  • Reason for Succession: Self-proclaimed Emperor
  • Key Events: Continental System; many conquests
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Louis XVIII

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1755
  • Rule Begin: 1814
  • Rule End: 1824
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Louis XVI
  • Key Events: First Restoration; Hundred Days
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Napoleon I

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  • Title: Emperor
  • Dynasty/Regime: First Empire
  • Birth Year: 1769
  • Rule Begin: 1815
  • Rule End: 1815
  • Reason for Succession: Returned from exile
  • Key Events: Hundred Days; Battle of Waterloo
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Louis XVIII

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1755
  • Rule Begin: 1815
  • Rule End: 1824
  • Reason for Succession: Restored after Napoleon
  • Key Events: Second Restoration; Charter of 1814
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Charles X

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Bourbon
  • Birth Year: 1757
  • Rule Begin: 1824
  • Rule End: 1830
  • Reason for Succession: Brother of Louis XVIII
  • Key Events: Ultra-royalist policies; July Revolution
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Louis Philippe I

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  • Title: King
  • Dynasty/Regime: Orléans
  • Birth Year: 1773
  • Rule Begin: 1830
  • Rule End: 1848
  • Reason for Succession: Cousin of Charles X
  • Key Events: July Monarchy; industrial expansion
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Provisional Government

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  • Title: Republic
  • Dynasty/Regime: Second Republic
  • Birth Year: -
  • Rule Begin: 1848
  • Rule End: 1848
  • Reason for Succession: February Revolution
  • Key Events: Abolished slavery in French colonies
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Executive Commission

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  • Title: Republic
  • Dynasty/Regime: Second Republic
  • Birth Year: -
  • Rule Begin: 1848
  • Rule End: 1848
  • Reason for Succession: Elected by National Assembly
  • Key Events: June Days Uprising
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac

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  • Title: Chief of the Executive Power
  • Dynasty/Regime: Second Republic
  • Birth Year: 1802
  • Rule Begin: 1848
  • Rule End: 1848
  • Reason for Succession: Appointed by National Assembly
  • Key Events: Suppressed June Days Uprising
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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

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  • Title: President
  • Dynasty/Regime: Second Republic
  • Birth Year: 1808
  • Rule Begin: 1848
  • Rule End: 1852
  • Reason for Succession: Elected by popular vote
  • Key Events: Coup of 1851
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Napoleon III

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  • Title: Emperor
  • Dynasty/Regime: Second Empire
  • Birth Year: 1808
  • Rule Begin: 1852
  • Rule End: 1870
  • Reason for Succession: Self-proclaimed Emperor
  • Key Events: Modernization of Paris; Franco-Prussian War

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