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Louis XIV chief minister

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rene Maupeou

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What was Louis XIV cheif minister supposed to do to save the country

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break power of paraments and tax nobles

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What do the Parlaments say that they need power to do

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they need power to check the king, right of remonstrance

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What was the first tax that was tried in order to tax nobles

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Vigtime tax, parla refused to sign

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What was the response of Manapeou when the parlaments refused vigitme tax

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Use army to force them out of position

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What was the result of Manapeou forcing out of position

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Louis XVI comes in power and fires him and gives back power due to popularity

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Who was Louis XVI first hire

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Jacues Turgot for controller general

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What does Jacues turgot do while in office

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installs income tax, parlaments refuse to sign it

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What is the old regime named

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Ancien Régime

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what are the three estates

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1st clergy, 2nd nobles, 3rd commonersw

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who comes after turgot

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necker

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what does necker do while in office

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he denies the idea of financial ruin and gives money to AR to prove it

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Who comes after Necker

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Calonne

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who comes after calonne

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De brinne

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what does caloon do in office

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call the assembly of nobles to tax them

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What does the assembly of nobles do when brinne calls them to tax them

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passes the buck and says taxes cannot be passed unless an estate general is called for

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How was estates general conducted

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6 blood princes of the king and a house of represenatives for each estate came to vote, everyone had to bring notebooks about what their people wanted

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What does Abbe Sieyes do before the estates generakl

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passes out “ what is the 3rd estate” posing 3 questions about the 3rd estate

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what were the 3 questions in what is the 3rd estate

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what is the 3rd estate? everything. What has the third estate been? nothing. What do they demand? something.

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How does the Estates general begin?

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started to vote by estate, 3rd estate refuses to do so and others in the first and second estate such as the AR nobles leave to join their side. Call themselves the national assembly

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How does Louis deal with Estates general

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He says that there is no place to hold the rest of the general, therefore they cannot go on with the hearing.

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what is the result of Louis actions at the beginning of the estates general

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Tennis court oath

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What is the tennis court oath

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everyone agreeded to stay until there was a written consitiution. Jean-Sylvain Bailly said this

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How did Louis respond to the tennis court oath

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Caves in and told the noblity and clergy to meet with 3rd estates, but orleans already beat him to it and joined

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What did Louis do after the mistake in tennis court oath

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calls in german and swiss mercenary to remove them by force.

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What is the result of louis calling mercenaries to remove the 3rd estate by force

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storming the bastille July 14th

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Louis Brothers

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Count of Provence and Artois

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28
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What does Artois do post 3rd estate

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flees and becomes immigrant

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29
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What document kept this revolution

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decleration of rights of man and citizen

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What was the great fear

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July 20th-Aug 6, Peasants panic and they strike out of worry at Chateauxs

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What did Nobles do when the peasants demanded things

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they did not give them the list of dues that the peasants wanted in order for them not to pay taxes and their chateauxs were burned down, immigrated

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What is Bordeaux

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Town council removed by force adn replaced by committe of patriots

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33
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What is womens march

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october 5th when the women had a bread shortage and they went to the king for help, joined by other criminals.

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34
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Result of the womens march

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the crowd was barley contained by laffayette and they break into versallii killing 30 guards, they demanded king to be in paris so he went.

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35
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Why was Louis in paris significant

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this was the capital and national assembly was moved to paris for the people, becomes more radical

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What does the assembly do after Louis comes into paris

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assembly abolishes old regions of france and creates a more logical map

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what are teh different clubs of the assembly

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Jacobins and Girdons, both very radical

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What is the Bouregeoius Revolution

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Both clubs are antiaristocrate and all hereditary titles of nobility are demolished by natl assembly June 19th

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What is the first mistake of the natl assembly

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made enemy of the church

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What was the CCC

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Natl assembly Passed the CCC that went after upper clergy (1st estate) and demolished arch bishop

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what are Assignates

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Natl assembly moneythat nationalized church land to back their bonds up with

42
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How did the Natl assembly deal with the preist

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made them vow loyalty to the revolution, loft half the population, employed by the state

43
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What does the assembly change in October

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adopts Metric system

44
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Who does Louis write to in order for them to get him out of paris

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Writes to Charles II of spain to respond with the millitary

45
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Who does MA write to in order to get them out of paris

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Joseph II

46
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Who was the pope during the revoltuion

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Pope Pius VI

47
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Louis escape plan

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tries to leave but Lafayette comes in to talk and MA gets her clothes and leaves in a large carriage

48
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How/where was Louis caught when trying to escape

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Stoped for lunch and Postman sees the king and the Natl guard comes in to capture him in Varrene

49
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What did Danton say on the monarch

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Louis should no longer be monarch and there should be an executive council rule. Also says they should stop killing people

50
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What is the Sans culottes

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Lower class club

51
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Duke of Orleans during the revoltion

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had a chance to become the king

52
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Voltaire ashes

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Carried to the Pantheon

53
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What happens as the king is suspended for treason for trying to leave

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jacobites walk out die to anger of too light of sentence

54
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Dec of Pillnitz

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Leopold of Austria and Fred William II sign warning them not to harm the king

55
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What was the first consitiution signed by Louis about?

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set up consitiutional monarch similar to what America was doing. Girdidons set it up

56
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Difference between Girdions and Jacobites during the inital constitution

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Girdions want war and Jacobites do not

57
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Brunswick Manifesto

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prussia threatan to burn france if harm is done to king, this makes him look dangerous. 1792

58
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What leads to the end of Louis?

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Sans Culotes mob decides to remove Louis and attack Tuileries palace, the guards let them go and they kill the guards and then go get him in the house down the road

59
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What is set up after the death of Louis

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Legislative assembly calls for male election to a national convention to run france with the consitiution

60
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where are the monarchs placed after being caught by sans culotes mob

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Temple prison

61
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Where did Laffayette go?

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flees country to go to austria

62
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What is the September massacre

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The mob empties the prisons in paris and kills all the nobles in order for them not to be recaptured by the prussians 1792 pre brunswick

63
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What is the only battle in the revolution

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Battle of Valmy

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what happens in the battle of valmy

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prussia retreats after not trying hard to recapture the nobles

65
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What are the percentage of nobles alive in 1790 vs 1794

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90 percent down to 4 percent

66
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When was the first French republic

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21 September 1792 the national convention

67
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What happened to Louis trial

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guilty for treason, penalty by death by one vote

68
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Who wanted Louis to die

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Jacobins and the Sans culotes

69
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how did the jacobins humiliate Louis before his death

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named him citizen capet

70
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How was france holding in their forigen policy during the revoltuion

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Held onto many people due to draft, also declared war on Britian, Netherlands, and spain

71
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What was the first revolt of the revolution?

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revolt in the vendee

72
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where was the revolt in the vendee

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La Rochella

73
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What was the revolt in the vendee

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Revolt of the revolution by the catholic and royal army, because of their desperate situation

74
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What is the convention of committee of public safety

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It is where the sans culottes invaded and killed all girdon members for not being radical enough

75
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who led the committe of public safety

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Danton, Robspierre and carnot

76
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What is the first thing that the committe of public safety do?

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the levee en masse to draft people for war

77
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who is in control under what philosphy during the comittee of public safety

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jacobins led with a republic of virtue, everything was justified through the state and public good

78
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When did the reign of terror start

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Sept 1793 with republic of virtue starts killings

79
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Olympe de Gouge?

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declaration of rights of women and was arrested and killed

80
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how did the republic deal with religion

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tried to establish a new calendar for real world things, changed churches into temple of reason

81
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MA trial

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put on trial and killed the nest day for treason and other crimes like sexual assult, hated more than king

82
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New laws from comittee of public safety

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the Law of Suspects passed on 17 September 1793 death sentence for nobles, clergy, and anyone suspected of being against the estate. and the Law of the General Maximum, for maximum limits of prices.

83
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How did the public saftey deal with colonies

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passed a law to abolish slavery in french colonies

84
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What happens to the Jacobins as they continually progress with killing everyone

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robes kills the other leaders like herbert and danton for more power

85
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Herbert

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very radical but critized robes so he was killed

86
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what is the new religion set by robes

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cult of supreme being

87
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death of marat

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famous painting by david, dipectes marat being murdered by a girdon charrlotte corday giving an interview

88
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what ended the terror

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the thermidorian reaction, conservative force

89
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what was robes mistake when addressing the convention

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said that their were traitors upon them and they will be punished

90
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result of robes convention mistake

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legistalors went to robes in the night and guillotined them and his other friends

91
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what is after robes death

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directory government

92
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what is the white terror

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the last execution sweep, killing all robes friends

93
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what is white vs red

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red always extremist

94
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what did the directory government set up

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bi cameral, council of electors, council of 500, 5 directors and established property qualifications to vote

95
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what was the result of the draft

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put 1.2 million people into the armies

96
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what is the problem with the direcotry government when it comes to politics

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too moderate

97
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first attempt against directory

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royalist uprising was put down by Napolean using cannons and the whiff of grapeshot

98
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second attempt against directory

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society of equals by Gracchus Babeuf

99
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style of art during this time

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Neoclassical, roman, greek, collums

100
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What are the two governments during this time

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the national convention with robes (committe of public safety) and then the directory

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