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Second estate

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Nobles
Of the sword, limited middle class aristocracy with Segur Law 1781
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First Estate

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Clergy, 1% pop’l

Collected Tithe: church tax

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Third estate

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95% of Fr
Petty bourgeoisie
Sans-culottes

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Turgot

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Finance minister of Louis XVI
Promoted physiocracy
Wants him to tax wealthy, got fired

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Cahiers de doleances

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Demands for tax equality
Abolish feudalism
List for Meeting of Estates general

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National Assembly 1789

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Actually the Third estate

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Tennis court Oath 1789

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National Assembly won’t disband until eh have new constitution

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March to Bastille 1789

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Parisians march

Defenders of armory are captured/killed

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Great Fear 1789

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Peasants destroy noble properties

National Assembly disbands feudalism

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Declaration of rights of Man 1789

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Legal equality

Religious freedom

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October days

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Women’s march to Versailles to lower bread cost

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Civil constitution of the Clergy 1789-90

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Requires all priests to swear oath to Revolution

Confiscates Cath church lands

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Constitution of 1791

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Single legislative body with constitutional monarchy that can only delay legislation

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Jacobins Club

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Growing in political power

Radical revolutionaries

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Declaration of Pillnitz 1791

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Austrian emperor and Prussian King declare war in Fr to maintain order

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Girondins Party

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Moderate republicans

Rival of Jacobins

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Brunswick Manifesto 1792

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Aus and Prus threaten revolutionaries with violence

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Georges Danton

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Best spokesperson for Paris Commune

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National Convention 1792

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Radical
Elected to govern France
Constitution of 1791 abolished

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French Republic (I) 1792

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National convention abolishes Monarchy

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Constitution of 1793

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By Robespierre

Univ male suffrage

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Committee of Public safety

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Fr enters reign of terror

Aided Committee of General Security (revolutionary police)

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Law of General Maximum

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Abandon FM policies

Max price for key commodities

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Abolition of slavery

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Resulting from St. Dominique revolt in Haiti

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De christianization

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Cult of Supreme being: creating deistic civic religion

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Constitution of 1795 (Year III)

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Directory rules Fr for 4 years

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Treaty of Campo Formio 1797

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New Italian Republics

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Coup d’état of Brumaire

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Napoleon rids Directory, makes Consulate

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Napoleonic Code

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Ideals of merit and equality

Everyone is equal before the law

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Bank of France

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Mde by Napoleon
Eliminate budget deficit
Modernized tax system

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Concordat of 1801

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W/ Pope Pius VII
Cath was majority relig of Fr
Still had relig tolerance

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Peace of Amiens 1802

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Temporarily ended war between GB and Fr

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Treaty of Tilsit 1807

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Ended Napoleon’s War of Third Coalition against Aus, Prus, Rus

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Battle of Trafalgar 1805

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Attack against GB failed

Defeated by Horatio Nelson

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Continental System

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Napoleon’s attempt to embargo GB goods, failed

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Battle of Waterloo 1815

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Napoleon’s final defeat

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Napoleonic Foreign Policy

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  1. Set ideas of Enlightenment and Fr Rev to conquered lands

2. Gain territ for Fr

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Abolition of Feudalism

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Win over peasants in foreign countries

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New Diplomatic Systems

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Created publics in Italy, Low Countries, Switz

Defeated Austria 1806

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Confederation of The Rhine

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Abolished HRE

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Duchy of Warsaw

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Napoleon’s smaller version of Poland

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