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Enlightenment And French Revolution Flashcards

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The Great Fear in which the peasants attacked the nobles, began the fall of the _______________.

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Bastille

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_______ could be used to solve all human problems.

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Reason

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Their ideas would change and impact new nations, like the __________.

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United States

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____________ said,”The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it… No one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions… Everyone… May not… Take away, or impair… The life, liberty, health, limb, or goods of another.”

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John Locke

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__________ said: All people are equal and under the law and should be recognized.

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Rousseau

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___________ said: the best form of gov’t is one that includes the separation of powers.

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Montesquieu

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Frances three estates before the revolution:

1st Estate:_______________________
2nd Estate:______________________
3rd Estate:______________

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  1. Clergy
  2. Nobility
  3. Bourgeoisie
    •San culottes
    •Peasants
    •Everyone else
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The main theme of the French Revolution.

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Equality

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Louis XVI called the __________________ in order to tax to get approval for new taxes on the Third Estate to fix the financial situation.

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Estates General

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The 3rd Estate also proclaimed itself a legislature called the _______________________.

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National Assembly

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When the peasants attacked the nobles causing the fall of the Bastille was __________________.

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The Great Fear

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_________________ stated: all men are created equal before the law.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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The king and queen__________&___________ suspected they were unsafe and tried to leave France.

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Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

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Many ______________ came to oppose the Revolution because they opposed the Revolutions anticlerical moves and the draft.

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Peasants

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_________________: Ended the Monarchy and declared France a republic.

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National Convention

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The Committee if Public Safety created the ___________________ to eliminate people who threatened the Revolution.

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Revolutionary Tribunal

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__________________: A 10 month period of time of accusations, trials and executions that caused a wave of tear throughout the country.

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Reign of Terror

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__________________: A radical revolutionary leader that changed his mind to opposed the violent excesses of the Revolution.

A

George Danton

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In the _____________________ the 3rd Estate swore that it would not stop meeting until a new constitution was made.

A

Tennis Court Oath

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The Reign of Terror resulted in increased __________________ opposition to the French Revolution.

A

Foreign

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_______________: Radical leader during the Reign of Terror, died as a result of the Thermidorian Reaction which ended that chaotic time in French history.

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Robespierre

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________________: War hero that took cintrol of the Directoru gov’t in France with a Coup d’tat and later named himself Emporer of France.

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Napoleon

23
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The French people welcomed Napoleon because they hoped he would help the collapsing French _______________.

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Economy

24
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The __________________ restricted trade with Great Britain.

A

Continental System

25
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Throughout the Napoleonic Wars, Frances greatest enemy was ___________________.

A

Great Britain

26
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The war campaign in _______________ proved to he a disaster for Napoleons army.

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Russia

27
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The type of gov’t that France had after Napoleons exile to Elba was a __________________.

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Monarchy

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The goals of the _______________________ were to change borders to strengthen the countries surrounding France, restore monarchies, and take territory from France.

A

Congress of Vianna

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Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were thrown in _____________ due to leaving France in the suspicion of them being unsafe there.

A

Prison

46
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Who created the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

A

The National Assembly

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