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French Revolution Flashcards

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Louis 16

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supported America in the American Revolution, caused French bankruptcy, married to Marie Antoinette (daughter of Maria Theresa)

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1st Estate

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clergy members, tax exempt

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2nd Estate

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nobility, tax exempt

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3rd Estate

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everybody who isn’t nobility or clergy members, 96% of the population, paid taxes and feudal taxes

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Cahiers

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list of grievances for the Estates General for the king to fix

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Abbe Sieyes

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of the 1st Estate, supported the 3rd Estate, authored What is the 3rd Estate?

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What is the 3rd Estate?

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pamphlet authored by Abbe Sieyes, states the vitality of the 3rd Estate

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The National Assembly

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provisional government replacing the Estates General, made up of 3rd Estate members

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Tennis Court Oath

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oath made by The National Assembly stating they wouldn’t disband until they wrote a Constitution

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Jacques Necker

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the king’s financial minister who tried to get the king to even out taxes

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Storming of the Bastille

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July 14,1789, 3rd class storms Bastille prison and released prisoners and killed the guards

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The Great Fear

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revolting low classes, organized middle class, nobles keep low

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Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens

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a blueprint for a constitutional monarchy, gives people due process of law

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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

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confiscates church property

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Assignet

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money based on property

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Legislative Assembly

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a provisional constitutional monarchy, replaces the National Assembly

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The March of Versailles

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food shortages encouraged women to march to Versailles and take the king back to Paris

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Jacobins

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radical urban group supported by San-Culottes, liberal

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San-Culottes

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extremely radical working class, liberal

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Girondins

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moderate rule

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Emigres

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French nobles who fled and warned other countries of the Revolution

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Declaration of Pillnitz

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Austria and Prussia declare that France must restore monarchy, 1791

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The National Convention

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replaces Legislative Assembly, France’s 1st republic

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Committee of Public Safety

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executive branch of National Convention, led by Maximilian Robespierre

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Maximilian Robespierre

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leader of Committee of Public Safety

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Law of Suspects

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law stating anyone suspected of trying to overthrow the Convention or bad mouth them was beheaded

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Reign of Terror

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era of beheading

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Republic of Virtue

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general will of the reign of terror

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Law of General Conscription

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able bodied men were enrolled in the army

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Madame Roland

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famous salon owner, took a stand against the violence of the Revolution

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Charlotte Corday

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Girondin, stabbed Jean Paul Marat

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Georges Danton

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Robespierre’s main advisor, suggested Robespierre calm down, beheaded

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Festival of the Supreme Being

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replaced Christian worship, where Robespierre advocated de-Christianization in his “Republic of Virtue” speech

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Franchise

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right to vote

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Bourgeoisie

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middle class

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Directory

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5 member executive committee dominated by the middle class, replaces National Convention

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Edmund Burke

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wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

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by Edmund Burke, about how 1 generation ruined much generation’s work

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Coup d’etat

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Napoleon overthrows the directory

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Consul

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3 member committee that replaces the Directory

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Napoleonic Code

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codified French law, assured equality, property rights, and abolished serfdom

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Napoleonic Wars

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a series of wars France fights against the European powers to expand his Grand Empire

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1st Coalition

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against Great Britain, Prussia, Holland, and Spain, Netherlands and Italy came under French control

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2nd Coalition

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Great Britain, Austria, Russia, the Directory was in shambles

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3rd Coalition

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Great Britain, Austria, Russia, Austria’s main army was destroyed at Austerlitz and Austria allied with France

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Battle of Trafalgar

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English navy defeats Spanish and French navies

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Horatio Nelson

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leader of the English navy in the Battle of Trafalgar

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Austerlitz

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Austria was defeated and allied with France

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Confederation of the Rhine

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Napoleon swept Hapsburgs out of the Holy Roman Empire and gave the throne to his family

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Continental System

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Napoleon doesn’t allow England to import or export in his realm, he controls ports

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Treaty of Tilsit

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Russia honors the continental system and France won’t declare war on them

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Peninsular Wars

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rebellions between Spanish Revolutionaries and France

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Fransisco Goya

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“Third of May, 1808” the second most important painting in Spanish history, romanticism style, shows atrocity of France to Spain

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Cuba/ Puerto Rico

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last remains of Spanish Empire

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Johann Von Herder

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argued that people have a unique historical experience, it’s hard to mix people from different places, tried to get Germans to stand up to France

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Volksgeist

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national spirit

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Frederic Von Schiller

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German writer trying to turn Germany against France, wrote William Tell

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William Tell

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by Frederic Von Schiller, about Swedish William Tell standing up to controlling Hapsburgs

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Strum and Drang

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romantic literary movement started by Herder and Schiller that unified Germany

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Embargo Act of 1807

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US denies trade with France and England, pulled US into war

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4th Coalition

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against Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden, France brought an army to Leipzeig, Saxony and was defeated at Battle of Nation, pushed back to France

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Count Klemens von Metternich

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prime minister of Austria, spoke against Napoleon, wanted to return Europe to absolutism

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Lord Talleyrand

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prime minister of France who wanted to re-establish the Bourbon line of kings with Louis XVIII

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Elba

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the island napoleon was first exiled to

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Constitutional Charger of 1814

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when Émigrés return, they came with this constitution for aristocracy in an attempt to undo the revolution

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Battle of Waterloo

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Napoleon was again taken out by the powers and sent to St. Helena

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St Helena

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the island Napoleon was sent to as a result of the Battle of Waterloo

68
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The Congress of Vienna

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a congress attempting to undo the Revolution

69
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Lord Castlereagh

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represented Britain

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Frederick William III

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represented Prussia

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Alexander I

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represented Russia

72
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Legitimacy

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put nobles on thrones

73
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Balance of Power

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keeping counties from becoming too strong

74
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Compensation

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many countries were bankrupt, paid back with land

75
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German Confederation

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renamed Holy Roman Empire, run by Hapsburgs

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Grand Duchess of Warsaw

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renamed Poland, under Russia

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The Rhineland

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loaded with iron and coal, under Prussia

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  1. Parma, Tuscany, Venetia, Lombardy
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Italian countries under Hapsburgs, Venetia and Lombardy are annexed

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Splendid Isolation

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Britain uses islands as coal stations, expands empire

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Quadruple Alliance

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collective security agreement against rebellion between Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Great Britain

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Holy Alliance

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Alexander I tries to form a Holy Alliance for rulers who vow to rule Christianly

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Concert of Europe/ The Metternich System

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Congress of Vienna agrees to meet periodically in different European towns

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Carlsbad Decrees

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Congress of Vienna dissolves any liberal or nationalistic actions in colleges

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Troppau Protocol

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Alexander and Metternich agree that Russia has power over Poland

85
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Greek Revolution

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rebelling Greeks are encouraged instead of being stopped by the powers

86
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London Protocol

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gives Greeks independence

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