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france-ch17 Flashcards

1
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“The Sun King”

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Louis XIV

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2
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aided Louis XIV rule

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Cardinal Mazarin

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3
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appointed government officials

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bureaucrats

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“government by men who sit at desks”

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Bureaucracy

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5
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made up Bureaucracy

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bourgeoisie (middle class)

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a palace used to entertain and “distract” the nobles

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Palace of Versailles

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7
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main part of Palace of Versailles

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hall of mirrors

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8
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17th and 18th century monarchical pursuit of unlimited power

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“Age of Absolutism”

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9
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minister of finance that mobilized French economics and trade

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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10
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first permanent French colony

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Quebec

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11
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founded first prominent French colony

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Samuel de Champlain

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12
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date the first prominent French colony was founded

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1608

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13
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explored the Mississippi River in 1682 and claimed it for France

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Robert C. De la Salle

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14
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Only religion Louis XIV allowed in 1685

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Catholicism

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15
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viewed as a threat to Louis XIV’s power

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French Huguenots

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16
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what did Louis XIV revoke that revoked the rights of the huguenots

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Edict of Nantes

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17
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France fought against most of Europe while Louis tried to expand France’s borders

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War of the League of Augsburg

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18
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France lost the War of the League of Augsburg and signed what?

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Treaty of Ryswick

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Most costly war in Louis XIV’s reign

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War of Spanish Succession

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20
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supposed to inherit the throne in Spain (Louis XIV’s grandson)

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Philip of Anjou

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21
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most notable victory of the war of Spanish succession

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Battle of Blenheim

22
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ended the war of Spanish succession

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Treaty of Utrecht

23
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Europe reached what after the war?

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balance of power

24
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a time where philosophy changed the thinking of France

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Age of Enlightenment

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“Father of the Enlightenment”

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Voltaire

26
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man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth

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rationalism

27
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“Father of French Romanticism”

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Rousseau

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Promoted rationalism

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Voltaire

29
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Promoted romanticism

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Rousseau

30
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man’s emotions and feelings are the source of truth

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romanticism

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Man is basically good and society is bad (“noble savage”)

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romanticism; Rousseau promoted this

32
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Louis XIV’s grandson who became king

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Louis XV

33
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“Apre moi le deluge” (Louis XV)

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after me the deluge (prophecy of destruction)

34
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the French king at the beginning of the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

35
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social classes of france

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estates

36
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classes of estates

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Clergy, Nobles, and Everyone Else

37
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Louis XVI was forced to call a meeting of the _____

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Estates General (1789)

38
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rebelled against the king’s (Louis XVI’s) authority

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Nobles and Peasants

39
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when Third Estate left the Estates General and formed their own representative assembly, what was it called?

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National Assembly

40
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a vow to meet until a Constitution was written

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The Tennis Court Oath

41
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where did the people of France storm? when?

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the castle of Bastille in Paris
July 14, 1789

42
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slogan of the new regime

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“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death”

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National Assembly ended the French Feudalism

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August 4 Decrees

44
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created France’s first constitution

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Constituent Assembly

45
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France’s first written constitution

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Constitution of 1791

46
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what did the Constitution of 1791 make France?

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Constitutional Monarchy

47
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The Constituent Assembly divided into 3 main groups:

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Right
Center
Left

48
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what did each group of the Constituent Assembly believe in?

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Right: supported the king
Center: moderates
Left: radicals

49
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replaced the Constituent Assembly

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National Convention

50
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Executed Louis XVI

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guillotine

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