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1
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when was the french revolution?

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1789-1815

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what did the church own, collect not pay?

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land, thesis,taxes

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3
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nobels competed for royal what at Versailles?

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appointments

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4
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what did the nobles fear of losing

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traditional privileges

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5
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what is the bourgeoisie?

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middle class- wealthy of the third estate.

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6
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enlightenment ideas questioned what?

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the old regime

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7
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what made up most of the third estate?

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rural peasants or urban workers.

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8
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what questioned the old regime?

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enlightenment

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9
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france practiced deficit what?

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spending.

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10
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what did the French government keep borrowing?

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money.

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11
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bad harvests increased the price of what?

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food

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12
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who did Louis XVI hire as an advisor but still refused to tax the first and second estates?

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Jacques-Necker

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13
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all three estates prepared chiers for listing their what?

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Grievances

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what did the cashiers include?

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fair taxes, freedom of the press, and regular meetings of the estates general.

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15
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what is cahier?

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the french word for notebook

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16
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what did the national assembly vote as a pledge to do?

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single body, work on a new constitution.

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17
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when did Parisians storm the Bastille?

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July 14th, 1789

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18
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what did the Bastille symbolize?

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years of abuse by the monarchy.

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19
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at what event did the Parisian mob break down the guard’s defenses and tear down the prison for political prisoners?

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The storming of the Bastille.

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20
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rumors asserted that government troops were what?

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seizing peasant crops.

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21
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defiant peasants attacked what?

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manors and storehouses.

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22
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who headed the national guard?

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the Marquis de Lafayette

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23
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what was organized in response to royal troops?

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a militia

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24
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the radical Paris commune replaced what?

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the government in the city of Paris.

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25
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nobles voted to end their own what?

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exemption from taxes

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26
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what stated that all men were born free and equal in rights and promoted the revolutionary slogan?

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declaration of rights of man

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what is the revolutionary slogan?

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liberty, equality, fraternity.

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28
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who demanded equal rights for women?

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Olympe de Gouges

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29
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who did not accept the reforms made by the national assembly?

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Louis XVI

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30
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women marched to where and demanded to see the king and queen?

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Versailles.

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31
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what was the french royal family forced to do after the march on Versailles?

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return to Paris.

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32
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french peasants rejected the civil what at the clergy?

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constitution.

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33
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the constitution of 1791 establishes what?

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a new limited monarchy with a legislative assembly.

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34
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Emigres reported attacks on their what?

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property and lives.

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35
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the king of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria issued the what?

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Declaration of Pilnitz

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36
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what did the Declaration of Pilnitz do?

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the king of Prussia and the emperor threatened to intervene in the french revolution if it got out of hand.

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37
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who called for a new republican government?

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Sans-culottes

38
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The Jacobins used what to advance the republican cause?

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Pamphlets and newspaper

39
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why did radicals declare war on Austria, Prussia, and Britain?

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to spread revolution.

40
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who was attacked in the September massacres?

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prisoners

41
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about how many prisoners were killed during the September massacres?

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1,200

42
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radicals formed a new what at the national convention?

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republican legislative body.

43
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Louis XVI and who was executed

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Marie Antoinette.

44
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why was the Committee of public safety formed?

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to stop threats to France.

45
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what did the committee of public safety oversee?

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trials and execution and ruled absolutly.

46
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who believed France could only achieve a republic terror?

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Robespierre “the Incorruptible”

47
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what did Robespierre lead?

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The committee of public safety.

48
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what was used as a “humane” method of beheading?

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Guillotine.

49
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After the thousands of exectuons, the _________ turned on the committee of public safety. Who was beheaded?

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National convention, Robespierre.

50
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who created the Constitution of 1795?

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the French Directory with a bicameral legislature.

51
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what is the French national anthem called?

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La Marseillaise

52
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who overthrew the weak Directory and established the consulate?

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Napoleon

53
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whar did Napoleon name himself?

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The first consul.

54
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what did Napoleon crown himself as?

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Emperor of France.

55
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What document did Napoleon issue to promote equality, religious tolerance, and the abolition of feudalism?

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Napoleonic code.

56
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What places did Napoleon annex parts of?

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Italy and Germany.

57
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what did Napoleon abolish?

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The Holy Roman Empire.

58
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who surrendered land to Napoleon?

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Hapsburgs.

59
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The ________ closed European ports to Britain but failed to defeat the UK.

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Continental System.

60
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what group of people conducted a campaign of guerilla warfare?

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Spanish patriots.

61
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What did the Russians do as the French advanced towards them?

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burned their own crops (The scorched earth policy)

62
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where did Napoleon escape exile?

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Elba

63
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when Napoleon escaped exile who fled from France upon his return?

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Louis XVIII

64
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At what battel was Napoleon forced into exile for good? where was he exiled to?

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Battel of waterloo, St. Helena

65
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when did Napoleon die?

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1821

66
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What did Napoleon make France into while living and dead?

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A centralized state with a constitution and elections

67
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what territory did Napoleon sell to the U.S.?

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Louisiana Territory.

68
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France was ringed with ____ counties and ___ restored.

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strong, Monarchies.

69
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who will rule France after Napoleon’s death?

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Louis XVIII

70
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what did the third estates declare themselves as?

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National assembly

71
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the clergy social class

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First estate

72
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the nobility social class

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second estate

73
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situation in which the government spends more money than it takes in.

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Deficit spending

74
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legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France.

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estates general

75
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notebooks used in pre-revolutionary France to record grievances.

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Cahiers

76
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famous oath made on a tennis court by the third estate in pre-revolutionary France

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the tennis court oath

77
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fortress in Paris used as a prison: french revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789

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Bastille

78
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a person who flees his or her country for political reasons.

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Emigre

79
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members of the working class who made the French Revolution more radical; called such because men wore the fancy knee breeches that the upper class wore.

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sans-culottes

80
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modeled after the Declaration of Independence; which stated that all men were born equal in rights and that government should protect their natural rights.

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declaration of the rights of man

81
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right to vote

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suffrage

82
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device used during the reign of terror to execute thousands by beheading.

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Guillotine

83
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the time period during the French Revolution from September 1793 to July 1794 when people in France were arrested for being counter-revolutionary as many were executed.

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Reign of terror

84
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a strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country.

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nationalism

85
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the body of French civil laws introduced in 1804; served as a model for many nations’ civil codes.

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Napoleonic code

86
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ballot in which voters have direct say on an issue

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plebiscite

87
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add a territory to an existing state or country

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annex

88
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a way Napoleon waged economic warfare which closed European ports to British goods.

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continental system

89
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fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids

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guerilla warfare

90
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when Napoleon invaded Russia, Russia retreated eastward and burned crops and villages which left the french hungry and cold when winter came.

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Scorched-earth policy

91
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give up or step down from power.

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abdicate

92
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loose peacekeeping organization whose goal was to preserve the agreements set up by the Congress of Vienna.

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concert of Europe

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