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Chapter 17 Flashcards

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Ruled 70 years in France

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Louis XIV

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Cardinal Rachlieu’s successor

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Mazarin

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King known as the Sun King

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Louis XIV

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Established the bureaucratic government

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Louis XIV

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Authoritarian kings were those who expected

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Unconditional obedience to their authority.

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Totalitarian kings expected

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Complete TOTAL control over every aspect of the peoples lives

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Age of absolutism spanned the years

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1600-1700

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Louis XIV’s minister of finance

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Father of New France

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Samuel de Champlain

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Date of the foundation of Quebec

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1608

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Samuel de Champlain founded the colony of

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Quebec

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First permanent French colony in America

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Quebec

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Father of the enlightenment

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Voltair

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Father French Romanticism

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Russo

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Name of the French government after the third estate took over

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National Assembly

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The oath the third estate took

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Tennis court oath

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What event marks the Independence Day of the French

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Storming of the Bastielle

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The act that did away with feudalism in France

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August 4th Decree

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People who flee France hoping to return with Foreign help hoping to counter the revolution

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Committee of Public Safety member who became the most influential man in the French Government

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Maximilian Robespierre

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The end of the Reign of Terror.

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July 27, 1794

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Greatest sea Battle in history

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Battle of Trafalgar

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What year did the battle of Trafalgar take place

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October 21, 1805

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Greatest naval hero ever

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Lord Horatio Nelson

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Napoleon’s greatest victory

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Battle of the Austerlitz

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By what year did Napoleon dominate all Europe

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Who was Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife

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Marie Louise

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What forbade any of Frances allies from importing any goods from Britain

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Continental system

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Who was the first to defy Napoleon’s Continental system

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Czar Alexander the first of Russia

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When did Napoleon go after Russia

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June 22, 1812

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Napoleons defeat finally came at which battle

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Battle of Leipzig

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Employee was exiled to what island

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Napoleon Bonaparte was succeeded by

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Louis XVII

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In what year did the battle of Waterloo take place

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Who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo

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Duke of Wellington

35
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Where was Napoleon next to the second time

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St. Helena

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