French Revolution and Napoleon Flashcards

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

VERY eager for changes to the class system of France.

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Third Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Educated the French people and helped the destitute.

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First Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Owned approximately 20% of the land.

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Second Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Contributed around 2% of its income to the government (but paid no taxes on its land)

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First Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Owned approximately 10% of the land.

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First Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Paid the majority of the taxes to the government.

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Third Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Less than 1% of France’s population.

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First Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Consisted of merchants, bankers, peasants, and shopkeepers.

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Third Estates

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Approximately 97% of France’s population.

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Third Estate

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First Estate, Second Estate, or the Third Estate:

Approximately 2% of France’s population.

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Second Estate

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What were the five primary causes of the French Revolution?

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-Poor harvests
-High taxes on the Thirst Estate
-Ineffective leadership by Louis XVI
-The influence of the Enlightenment
-Dept from military conflicts/French support of the American Revolution

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Who were the king and queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution.

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Louisville XVI and Marie Antoinette

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What was the representative assembly of the three estates, in 1789 because the country was basically out of money.

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Estates General

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What became the motto of the Revolution.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

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Locked out, the Third Estate pledged to form a constitution and a democratic government. This pledge became known as what?

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the Tennis-court oath

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The Third Estate became the ________________ and started passing laws and reforms in the name of the French people until it was replaced by the Legislative Assembly on September 30, 1791.

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National Assembly

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The symbolic beginning of the French Revolution was the “Storming of the ____________” on July 14, 1789.

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_________–a general panic that took place between July 22 and August 6, 1789, at the start of the French Revolution.

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The Great fear

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The National (Constituent) Assembly issued the ____________________ on August 26, 1789 and served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791.

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Declaration of the rights of man and of citizen

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The __________, were those, at first mostly aristocrats, who fled France following 1789.

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In January 1793, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by the ___________.

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guillotine

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______________________ was a single-chamber assembly in France from September 20, 1792, to October 26, 1795.

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The National Convention

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The __________ Club was distinguished by its left-wing revolutionary politics.

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The ____________ were the common people of the lower classes, many of whom became radical and militant partisans in response to their poor quality of life.

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sans-culottes

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_________________ was a leader and orator, often seen as the chief force in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic.
Georges Danton
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The __________________ was the political body of the French Revolution that gained virtual dictatorial control over France during the Reign of Terror.
Committee of Public Safety
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___________________ was a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions between September 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794.
The Reign of terror
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After Danton’s death, _________________ led the Terror until the __________________ on July 27, 1794.
Maximilien Robespiere and Thermidorian Reaction
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After the Reign of Terror ended, the ___________ was the government set up by the Constitution of the Year III. It lasted from November 1795 to November 1799.
Directory
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The end of the Revolution was when ______________ (and a few others) took over in 1799.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The _____________ of 1801 was a peace made between revolutionaries and Catholics.
Concordat
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____________--vote of the people:
plebiscite
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The _____________ was the French civil code that clarified and made uniform the laws of France.
Napoleonic Code
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Napoleon established ___________ —government-run public schools to train officials.
lycees
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Hatred of Napoleon is the single biggest reason the ____________ kingdoms and principalities would eventually unite.
German
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The Spanish would fight as _________—small groups that attacked and then disappear.
guerrillas
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Napoleon’s ___________ was the main military component of the French Imperial Army.
La Grande Army
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In June 1812, Napoleon’s army marches into ___________ with 600,000 men
Russia
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At the Battle of ______________, Prussian and British forces (led by the Duke of Wellington) defeated Napoleon’s army. This was Napoleon’s last attempt at power.
Waterloo
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What three goals did Metternich have at the Congress of Vienna?
-To have balance with the power over Europe -To make sure there was legitimacy -To strengthen the countries surrounding France
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What three actions were taken at the Congress of Vienna?
-They formed the German Confederation -They identified Switzerland to be its own region -Said they would restore some monarchs back in power
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explain the legacy of the French Revolution on global political and social developments
The French Revolution ended the monarchy in France and took some power from the Church so they couldn’t use it against people. It helped make things a little more fair for the people. It helped the idea of freedom come along as well. It helped end slavery and even helped with women's rights.