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French Rev, Absolut & Enlight Flashcards

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To Enlighten

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To discover, to find out.. ‘Common Sense’

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How long did Louis 14 rule for

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72 years

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What was Louis 14’s nickname

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Sun King

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What did Louis 14 being France into

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Modern years, and left before the french rev

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What did Louis 14 do in Versaille

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Isolated himself and wasn’t social with anyone

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Hugenots

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French protestant

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Peition of rights

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Gives full power of taxes to the parliament

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Guillotine

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A machine made to decapate you

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Why was Edict of Nantes important

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First agreement between the catholic and protestants

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When was the age of reason

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the Enlightment

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What does AUDERE SAPERE mean

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“Dare to Think” in Greek

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What was Thomas Hobbes book and his morals

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The Levinthan- people were born evil or good and too many people in the government is bad

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John Locke’s thoughts

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Natural rights- life, liberty, and property rights belonged to everyone and the government can’t take that away from anyone

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Baron de Montesquieu’s books & thoughts

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The Spirit of Laws- created the three branches, judicial legislative and executive

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Voltaire’s thoughts

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Wrote books againest absolute monarchies, slavery, and the rights of religion.. Famous for writing what he’s thinking and the government often disagreed

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Diderot’s thoughts

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Edited the enclyopedia and added many different ideas from many different philosophers

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Jean Jacques Rousseau’s book & thoughts

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the Social Contract- he believed the government shouldn’t have absolute power.. And overthrowing the government can be used

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s book & thoughts

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Vendication of the Rights of Woman- First feminist. She believed everyone was created equal

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What was the age of absolutism

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A period after exploration providing European nations with vast ocerseas empires and wealth that strengthens the kings into absolute monarchies

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Napoleon’s time

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1804-1814

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Who was Napoleon

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A great military leader who began winning his battles throughout Europe.. An enlightment thinker

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What is Napoleon Complex

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When you overconstantate to prove your size

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In 1799, what did Napoleon declare himself as

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The first consul

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How did Napoleon win the people over

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He allowed them their right to vote, and he manipulated them into voting for him

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What is a directory

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The declared government after Robespierre, five people and two houses of legs.. Ruled for five years

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Who was the confederation of rine made up of

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Germany

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Napoleon’s code affected the estates how

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3rd can own land, 2nd apporved forms and 1st were up to talented jobs

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Plebiscite

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Popular vote by ballot

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What was the percentage of people that made up the 3rd estate

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80%

30
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Who did King Louis 16th marry

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Marie Antoinette

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Who is Jacques Necker

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Louis 16th financial leader

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After the 3rd and 2nd/1st didn’t agree what happened in the meeting of Estate generals

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They all got their separate rooms, but the 3rd were locked out of it so they went to a tennis court and created the tennis court oath

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What is the Tennis Court oath

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When the 3rd vowed to stay there until they created a declaration

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National Assembly is who

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Third estate

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What is Bastille

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An old, discusting prison where the third estate took for gunpower

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When is national Bastille day

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July 14th, 1790

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What document does the national assembly establish

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Declaration of the rights of men which gives the rights of all men to make them equal

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Old Regime

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The old way of life

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Great Fear

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Beginning of the revolution when nobles began to fled of fear

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Coalition

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sven countries that alliance together to stop Napoleon

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Coup

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A military leader who overthrows the government

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Continental System

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When no countries who alliance with France were allowed to trade with Britain

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Scorched-Earth policy

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What the Russians did to the French, when they attacked instead they set fire to the ground and starved the army

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Battle of Waterloo

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His last battle, the seventh coalition..

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Battle of Trafalgar

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Their first attack against Britain

46
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Who was Metternich and what did he do

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Austria; he created peace throughout Europe for 100 years, and balanced power throughout

47
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Congress Of Vienna

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In Austria, ruled by Metterrich of Ausrtria

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