Chapter 7 Terms & Names Flashcards
Estates
Another word for the classes France was divided into under the old regime.
Old Regime
The social and political system of France where people were divided into three social classes
Louis XVI
King of France
Marie Antoinette
Queen of Louis XVI
Estates-General
A meeting of representatives of all three estates to approve Louis XVI’s new tax
National Assembly
French congress established by representatives of the third estate to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French People
Tennis Court Oath
Pledge taken by third estate delegates to stay in the indoor tennis court until a new constitution had been drawn up
Great Fear
A wave of senseless panic caused by rumors that nobles were out to get them
Legislative Assembly
New legislative body under the new constitutional monarchy in France.
Created laws and approved declaration of war
Émigrés
Nobles and others who had fled France that hoped to undo the revolution and restore the old regime
Sans-culottes
(Those without knee breeches)
People who wanted the revolution to bring even greater change to France
Jacobins
Radical political organization. Most revolutionists w
Jacobins
Radical political organization. Most revolutionists were a part if it.
Guillotine
Machine that beheads
Robespierre
A jacobin leader hat slowly gained power and virtually became a dictator
Reign of Terror
Period of Robespierre’s rule as leader of the committee of public safety (virtually dictator)
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Coup d’état
Blow to the state, sudden seizure
Plebiscite
Vote of the people
Lycées
Government run public schools
Napoleonic Ckde
Comprehensive system of laws by Napoleon
Battle if Trafalgar
The One major battle Napoleon lost
Blockade
Forcible closing of ports to prevent trade
Continental system
Napoleons blockade named because he wanted to make continental Europe self sufficient
Guerrillas
Bands of Spanish peasant fighters. Small fights and hiding
Peninsular War
War in which Napoleon lost about 300,000 men.
Spain lies in Iberian peninsula
Scorched earth policy
Burning fields and slaughtering animals to leave nothing for the enemy to eat
Waterloo
Second Battle of Napoleon to keep power
Hundred days
Napoleons last bid for power
Congress of Vienna
Series if meetings in Vienna to create a collective security and stability for the entire continent of Europe
Klemens Von Metrernich
Most influential representatives of the 5 great powers.
Foreign minister of Austria
Balance of power
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Legitimacy
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Holy Alliance
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Concert of Europe
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