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Ch17 - Concepts Flashcards

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What were the First, Second, and Third Estates?

A

First - Clergy
Second - Nobility
Third - Everyone else (bourgeoisis and peasants)

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What treaty ended wars between England and France?

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Treaty of Utrecht

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In the French Revolution, who were the right, center, and left?

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Right - conservatives who supported the king; wanted to end the Revolution

Center - Group without any particular program or principles

Left - young radicals who distrusted the king

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What was the “Battle of the Nations”?

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When the combined forces of Europe defeated Napoleon’s new army.

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Which French king revoked the Edict of Nantes?

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Louis XIV

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True of False: French Huguenots were make to leave France after the Edict of Nantes was revoked.

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false

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What war was ended when Louis signed the Treaty of Ryswick?

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War of the League of Augsburg

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What war was fought over who would become the next king of Spain?

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War of the Spanish Succession

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What treaty ended the War of Spanish Succession?

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Utrecht

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What are some characteristics of Romanticism?

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  • exaltation of man’s emotions
  • return to nature
  • society is bad
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11
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Jean Baptiste Colbert was Louis XIV’s minster of what?

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finance

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12
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Who advocated a new order in France based solely on man’s reason?

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Voltaire

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What French philosopher believed man is basically good and society is bad?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Which king said, “After me, the deluge.” knowing Frane was in trouble?

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Louis XV

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Name the beautiful palace built by Louis XIV to keep nobles occupied.

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Versailles

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In what navel battle was the French and Spanish fleet defeated by the British?

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Trafalgar

17
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Who was the greatest naval hero in British history?

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Horatio Nelson

18
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What system, devised by Napoleon, attempted to shut down European trade with England?

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Continental System

19
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Name the greatest victory of Napoleon’s career.

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Austerlitz

20
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Whom did Napoleon marry after divorcing Josephine?

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Marie Louise

21
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What Russian czar angered napoleon by trading with England?

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Alexander I

22
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Where was Napoleon’s army defeated by a European coalition in 1813?

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Leipzig (Nations)

23
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Where did Napoleon and the Grande Army meet their final defeat?

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Waterloo

24
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Name the British general who crushed the French army in Napoleon’s final battle>

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Duke of Wellington

25
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Where was Napoleon exiled until his death?

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St. Helena

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