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Ch 19: Revolutions In Politics Flashcards

1
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What privileges did nobles have in eighteenth century society?

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No taxes, exclusive hunting rights

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What privileges did the middle class (merchants and professionals) have in society?

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They were allowed to monopolize industry and economic activity

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The majority of the population were _______

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Peasants

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4
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European population was __________

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Increasing

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5
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As population increased, ___________ increased

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Inflation

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6
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How did the middle class benefit from inflation?

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Investors profited from trade and manufacturing

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7
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How did inflation affect the poor?

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The poor struggled even more to pay for food and everyday necessities

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People who called for individual liberty, freedom to worship what they wanted, and advocated an end to censorship

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Liberals

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Belief that the people had the authority to make laws limiting and an individual’s freedom, choosing legislators who represented and were accountable to the people

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Sovereignty

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10
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What did liberals believe regarding the rights of women?

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Equal equality of the sexes as undesirable

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What did liberals believe about economic equality?

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  • did not believe everyone should be equal economically

- every white man should have an equal chance to economic gain

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12
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Who were the most referenced enlightened thinkers among liberals?

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Locke and Montesquieu

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13
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Who did appeals about a representative government appeal to?

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Middle class and Nobels

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14
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Republic did not mean ___________, which was equated with mob rule to liberals

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Democracy

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15
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Who did liberals want to limit voting to?

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Men with a strake in society

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16
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Who were the main countries involved in the seven years war?

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England and Prussia vs France and Austria

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17
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The main reason for the seven years war was unresolved conflicts for which war?

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The war of the Austrian succession

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18
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Austria’s Maria Theresa wanted to win _______ back from Prussia

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Silesia

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19
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Who ended with Silesia?

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Prussia

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20
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What caused tensions in North America during the Seven Years War?

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Border disputes between British and French colonies

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21
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The British won the seven years war after laying siege to what city?

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Quebec

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22
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Treaty that ratified the victory of Britain over France in the Seven Years War

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

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23
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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763) ?

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  • French and Canadian land east of Mississippi given to Britain
  • France gives Louisiana to Spain as compensation for Spain’s loss of Florida to England
  • France gives up most of its Indian territory, opening up the way for English imperialism
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24
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Following the Seven Years War, _________ was a leading European power

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Britain

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25
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What did France and England have to do in order to pay for the Seven Years War?

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Raise taxes

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26
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Taxed the American colonies on commercial and legal documents, diplomas, newspapers, etc

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Stamp Act (1765)

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27
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There was great degree of _________ in the colonies

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Independence

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28
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Monopolized tea with the East India Company

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Tea Act (1773)

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29
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that mobilized public opinion for independence

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Common Sense

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30
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Who did the French sympathize with during the American Revolution?

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Patriots

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31
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Frenchmen that became one of George Washingtons most trusted Generals

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Marquis de Lafayette

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32
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Treaty that recognized American Independence

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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33
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People who opposed the American Constitution

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Anti-federalists

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34
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How did the American Revolution affect France?

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Fueled dissatisfaction with monarch order in France

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35
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The French Revolution had immediate origins in the governments ___________ difficulties

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Financial

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36
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Louis XV broke the pattern of Nobel mistresses with ___________, a member of the bourgeoisie class

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Madame de Pompadou

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37
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Who revived proposals for a tax on property and convinced King Louis XVI to call an assembly of notables for discussion of the proposal

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Minister of Finance

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38
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What did the notables declare?

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Tax changes needed the approval of the Estates General

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39
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How did the King react to the proposition of calling the Estates General?

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He tried to reassert his authority, dismissed notables, and established new taxes.

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40
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The _________________ declared Louis’ taxes null and void

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Parliament of Paris

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41
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What did Louis finally resort to after the ruling of the Parliament of Paris?

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Calling the Estates General

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42
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What were the three estates?

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Clergy, Nobility, and Everyone Else

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43
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The representatives for the clergy in the estates general consisted mostly of _________

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Parish priests

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44
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The nobility representatives in the Estates General consisted mostly of ____________

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Less wealthy conservatives

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45
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The representatives for the commoners in the estates general consisted mainly of _____________

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Lawyers and Government officials

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46
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All three estates were in favor of a _______________________

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Constitutional Monarchy

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47
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Where did the Estates General meet?

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Versailles

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48
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The estates general saw controversy over __________________

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Voting procedures

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49
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Who wrote ‘What is the Third Estate?’

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Emmanuel Sieyes

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50
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The third estate voted to call themselves the _________________

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National Assembly

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51
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In which the third estate agreed not to disband until they recognized a National Assembly and has written a new constitution

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Tennis Court Oath

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52
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Bread prices continued to ________ after a poor harvest in 1788

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Rise

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53
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Why did people storm Bastille on July 14, 1789?

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To get weapons to defend themselves from royal armies

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54
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Fear of noble reprisals against peasant uprisings

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Great fear

55
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The ______________ abolished all only noble privileges and tithes paid to the church

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National Assembly

56
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The National Assembly issued this declaration which laid out the rights of the people

A

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

57
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What were the rights guaranteed my the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?

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  • equality before the law
  • representative government for a sovereign people
  • individual freedom
58
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In October of 1789, thousand of women marched from Paris to Versailles demanding what?

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The King to move closer to the people in Paris

59
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In 1791, the king swore to uphold the constitution, turning France into a __________________

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Constitutional monarchy

60
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Although the constitution passed 1791 broadened women’s rights in some aspects, it still excluded women from ____________ and __________

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Holding office, voting

61
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Who wrote the declaration of the rights of women?

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Olympus de Gouges

62
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What happened to guilds under the National Assembly?

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They were abolished

63
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What were the National Assemblies religious reforms?

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  • granted religious freedom to a small amount of Protestants and Jews
  • abolished monasteries
  • nationalized Catholic Church property
64
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New paper currency

65
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In 1790, the National Assembly established a _____________ with priests chosen by voters

A

National church.

66
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What were the social implications of the attempt to remake the church and abolition of guilds?

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Increased tensions between the educated and common populations

67
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Edmund Burkes book that defended inherited privileges

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

68
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s book that attacked Edmund Burke’s stance on inherited privileges

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A Vindication on the Rights of Man

69
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Why was the royal family arrested in 1791?

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Attempting to sneak out of France

70
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In which Austria and Prussia professed their willingness to restore Louis XVI

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Declaration of Pullnitz

71
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The new French government convened in October of 1791

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Legislative assembly

72
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Well educated radical republicans who dominated the legislative assembly

73
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How did the Jacobins react to the Declaration of Pullnitz?

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Declared war on Francis II, the Habsburg monarch

74
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___________ joined Austria in the war against France

75
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Rumors of _________ by the king and queen spread in Paris

76
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In August of 1792, a crowd attacked the palace at ___________

77
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After the attack at the palace of Tuileries the Monarchs fled to _______________, where they were imprisoned

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The legislative Assembly

78
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The fall of the monarchy signified the start of this revolutionary phase

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Second Revolution

79
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In which crowds fearing Prussian invasion stormed prisons and killed jailed priests and aritocrats

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September Massacres

80
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New government established in 1792 that proclaimed France a republic

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National convention

81
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What were the two groups the Jacobins were divided into?

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  • Girondists

- The Mountain

82
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Who led the mountain?

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Maximilien Robespierre and George Jacques Danton

83
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What did the national convention overwhelmingly convict Louis XVI of?

84
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Which group of the Jacobins was not in favor of sentencing the King to death?

A

Girondists

85
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed by _________

A

Guillotine

86
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France was still determined to fight tyranny and declared war on what countries in 1793?

A

Spain,England, and the Dutch Republic

87
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Laboring poor of Paris, came to refer to the militant radicals of the city

A

Sans culottes

88
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In June, 1793 the __________ invaded the National Convention and arrested several Girondists for treason

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Sans Culottes

89
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After the invasion of the National a Convention, all power was passed to ___________

A

The Mountain

90
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Formed by the National a Convention in 1793 to deal with threats within France and foreign invasion

A

Committee of Public Safety

91
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Who led the Committee of Public Safety?

A

Robespierre

92
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What reforms did Robespierre make to the economy?

A
  • set maximum prices for products

- put people to work producing arms

93
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The period between 1793-1794 when Robespierre tried and executed thousands suspected of treason

A

Reign of Terror

94
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How did Robespierre further limit the rights of women?

A
  • suppressed women’s participation in debates

- declared women’s clubs and societies prohibited

95
Q

Radicals and moderates within the Convention who feared execution formed a ____________

A

Conspiracy

96
Q

What was Robespierres fate?

A

He was executed by guillotine in 1794

97
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Reaction to the violence of the Reign of Terror, resulted in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening one economic controls

A

Thermidorian Reaction

98
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After Robespierres execution, middle class _______ and _________ re asserted authority

A

Lawyers, professionals

99
Q

What did the new system of voting in the new constitution entail?

A

The mass of the population would vote on electors to elect legislates, electors had to meet property requirements

100
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A ________ legislation was inaugurated

101
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The new assembly granted executive power to a 5 man body called _______________

A

The directory

102
Q

Where was Napoleon born?

103
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Napoleon and conspirators ousted the ________ in 1799

104
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Napoleon was initially named __________

A

First consul

105
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Document reassuring two fundamental revolutionary principles

A

Napoleonic Code

106
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What two revolutionary principles did the Napoleonic code ensure?

A
  • Equality of all male citizens before the law

- security of wealth and private property

107
Q

How did Napoleon win over the peasantry?

A

Defending the gains in land and status they won during the Revolution

108
Q

Signed by Napoleon and Pope Pius VIII as part of Napoleons attempt to heal the church

A

Concordat of 1801

109
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What did the concordat of 1801 entail?

A
  • French Catholics can practice freely

- Napoleon gains political power and greater influence of the church

110
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Napoleon limited freedom of _______ and _______

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Speech, press

111
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How did the rights of women change under Napoleon?

A

Women lost many gains made in the Revolution

112
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Treaty between the French and British that allowed France to control the Dutch republic

A

Treaty of Amiens

113
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Battle where the French fleet was destroyed by the British

A

Battle of Trafalgar

114
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What countries made up the third coalition against France?

A

Austria, Russia, Sweden, Britain

115
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Where was the 3rd coalition defeated?

A

Austerlitz

116
Q

Napoleon reorganized the German states into the ____________________

A

German Confederation of the Rhine

117
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Napoleon abolished _________________

A

The Holy Roman Empire

118
Q

In which Prussia lost half of its population and Russia accepts and reinforces Napoleon

A

Treaty of Tilset

119
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What were the three parts of Napoleons “grand empire”?

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  • France
  • Satellite kingdoms ruled by his family
  • Austria, Prussia, Russia
120
Q

Napoleons plan to halt trade between continental Europe and Britain

A

Continental System

121
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-Napoleon levied heavy ______

122
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Why did Spain rebel?

A

Napoleon planned to turn it into a satellite state

123
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Why was the continental system a failure?

A

It provoked a counter blockade by England

124
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In 1811, ___________ of Russia repudiated his support of Napoleon

A

Alexander I

125
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What was Napoleons biggest mistake?

A

Invading Russia

126
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In which Austria, Russia, Prussia, and England pledged allegiance to defeat Napoleon

A

Treaty of Chaument

127
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In April of 1814, Napoleon abdicated and was sent to ________

128
Q

Who was placed on the throne after the abdication of Napoleon

A

Louis XVIII

129
Q

Napoleon escaped Elba and marched to _________

130
Q

What did Louis XVIII do upon Napoleons escape?

A

Flee the country

131
Q

Where was Napoleon finally defeated?

132
Q

Where was Napoleon finally sent?

133
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King Louis XVIII was _________

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