General Flashcards

1
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7 years war

A

1756-1763

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2
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American war of independence

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1775-1783

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3
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Declaration of independence in Philadelphia

A

July 4th, 1776

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4
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US Constitution implemented

A

1789

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5
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Summoning of the Estates general

A

1788

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6
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«Oath du jeu de paume» and National Assembly

A

July 1789

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7
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Prise de la Bastille

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Juillet 1789

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8
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Declaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen

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August 1789

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9
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Marche sur Versailles

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5 and 6 october 1789

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10
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Oath of Loyalty of the Clergy

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1790

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11
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France 1st Constitution

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Septembre 1791

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12
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End of the monarchy

A

August 1792

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13
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France 2nd and never applied Constitution

A

1793

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14
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Terror

A

1793-1794

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15
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France 3rd Constitution The Directoire

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1795

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16
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18th of Brumaire

A

November 9, 1799

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17
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France 4th Constitution The French Consulate

A

December, 1799

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18
Q

Napoleon coronation

A

1804

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19
Q

Concordat

A

1801

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20
Q

Napoleonic code

A

1804

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21
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Battle of Trafalgar and victory and death of Admiral Nelson

A

1805

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22
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Contiental system

A

1806

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23
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Prussian campaign, battle of Jena : confederation of the Rhine

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1806-1807

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24
Q

Treaty of Schönbrunn that resulted on the marriage with Marie Louise

A

1809

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25
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Polish campaign

A

1809-1810

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26
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Penal code

A

1810

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27
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Iberian War

A

1807-1813

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28
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Russian campaign

A

1812

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29
Q

Napoleon is facing the whole Europe

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1813

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30
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Battle of nations : Leipzig

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1813

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31
Q

First Napoleon’s abdication

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April 1814

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32
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The 100 days

A

March - June 1815

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33
Q

Waterloo, defeat of France

A

June 1815

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34
Q

Vienna Congress

A

September 1814 - June 1815

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35
Q

Charter of Louis XVIII

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1814

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36
Q

Charles X on the throne

A

1824

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37
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Reactionary Jules de Polignac president of the assembly

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August 1829

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38
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July ordinances (no press, dissolution of the assembly,

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July 1830

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39
Q

«3 Glorious»

A

27-30 July 1830

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40
Q

Louis Philippe is offered the crown

A

1830

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41
Q

Banquet are forbidden by Guizot

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January 22, 1848

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42
Q

2nd French Republic and Louis Philippe abdication

A

1848

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43
Q

June day uprising and violent repression

A

June 1848

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44
Q

Louis Napoleon is elected President

A

december 10 1848

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45
Q

Coup d’état de Napoléon III

A

2 décembre 1851

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46
Q

First series of attempts to independence in Latin America

A

1806-1816

47
Q

Chile, Peru, Gran Colombia independence

A

1818-1822

48
Q

defeat of the Spanish troops in Latin America

A

1824

49
Q

Monroe doctrine

A

1823

50
Q

Fontainebleau’s treaty to allow French troops passage in Spain

A

1807

51
Q

Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favour of his son Ferdinand VII

A

1808

52
Q

Abdication of Bayonne, Napoleon appoints his brother Josep king of Spain

A

1808

53
Q

Violent uprising crushed by Murat in SPAIN

A

May 1808

54
Q

French troops out of Spain thanks to Wellington

A

1813

55
Q

Liberal revolts against Ferdinand VII conducted by liberals

A

1820

56
Q

French military intervenes in Spain « hundred thousands Sons of Saint Louis»

A

1823-1827

57
Q

Students uprising in German universities

A

1831-1832

58
Q

March governments in Germany (liberals)

A

1848

59
Q

1st meeting of the German National Assembly

A

1848

60
Q

Declaration of the basic rights of the german people

A

1848

61
Q

« Possible» german Constitution failed

A

1849

62
Q

Society of friends in Greece whose goal was to overthrow the Ottoman Empire’s occupation

A

1814

63
Q

Greek war of independence

A

1821-1832

64
Q

Revolt in Turkish Moldavia

A

1821

65
Q

Massacre of Chios

A

1824

66
Q

London treaty establishes Greek’s borders

A

1832

67
Q

Vienna Congress creates « Congress Poland»

A

1815

68
Q

Carbonari revolution in northern Italy (after the occupation by Murat)

A

1821

69
Q

Holy Alliance and Austria crushed the revolts in Italy

A

1821

70
Q

Uprising in Lombardy, Venetia and Papal States

A

1848

71
Q

Provisional government in Italy

A

1848

72
Q

Poor harvests + political and social demands in the UK

A

1818-1819

73
Q

Abolition of the combination act that forbidden trade unions in the UK

A

1824

74
Q

People act to enlarge electoral body in the UK

A

1832

75
Q

Poor laws repealed in the UK

A

1834

76
Q

State visit of Edward VII in Paris

A

1903

77
Q

Fachoda’s Crisis

A

1898

78
Q

Qui était Jean Baptiste Clément?

A

A french song writer and communard, author of Le temps des cerises et Le Capitaine «au mur»

79
Q

What was the main reason behind the health improvement during the early 19th century ?

A

A marked increase in the food supply

80
Q

The last great European famine

A

1816-1817 after an Indonesian volcano explosion in 1815

81
Q

Famine in Russia

A

1891-1892

82
Q

proportion of the active population engage in manufacturing, mining or building in 1850

A

17% in France, 48% in Great Britain

83
Q

Proportion of the active population engaged in agriculture in France in 1850

A

more than half

84
Q

Cholera epidemic had an impact on working class ghettos

A

1832

85
Q

What was the goal of the Corn Laws ?

A

To keep out cheap foreign grain for the benefits of home producers.

86
Q

Anti-Corn Law League led by R. Cobden denounced the Corn Laws as a rampart for Aristocracy

A

1838

87
Q

PM Robert Peel repeals the Corn Laws

A

1846

88
Q

Ireland Great Famine

A

1845-1852

89
Q

What did the railways mainly replace ?

A

road and canals to transport materials more effectively

90
Q

percentage of female workers in Paris in 1840’s

A

60%

91
Q

execution of the Duc d’Enghien

A

1804

92
Q

Concordat

A

1801

93
Q

the difference in administration between the revolution and the Napoleonic Era

A

during the Revolution its was the work of committees whereas under Napoleon it was the work of all-powerful individuals

94
Q

Karl Marx publishes The Capital

A

1867

95
Q

Proportion of of the population living in towns over 10.000 inhabitants in 1870 in England and France

A

England 57% France 21%

less than 10% in Russia

96
Q

Opening of the Suez Canal

A

1869

97
Q

tonnage of Britain’s iron exported in 1845 and in 1870

A

1 million to 320million

98
Q

Crimean War

A

1854-1856

99
Q

Treaty of Nankin

A

1842

100
Q

Consequences of the treaty of Nankin

A
  • China must open its harbours to western ships

- give Hong Kong to Great Britain

101
Q

First Opium War

A

1838-1842

102
Q

Second Opium War

A

1856-1860

103
Q

Traité de Francfort

A

1871

104
Q

Sickness Insurance Law in Germany

A

1883

105
Q

Factory act in Great-Britain

A

1875

106
Q

What did Metternich said about Italy in 1815 ?

A

A geographic expression

107
Q

Italy unified

A

1859-1861

108
Q

Germany Unification by Bismarck

A

1871

109
Q

Rome becomes the Capital of Italy

A

1871

110
Q

Who largely controlled Italy after the fall of the French Empire

A

Austria and Habsburg

111
Q

What did Mazzini wished for Italy ?

A

A federal republic

112
Q

Cavour is appointed PM of Italy by Victor Emmanuel II

A

1852

113
Q

2nd War of Italian Independence helped by Napoleon III

A

1859

114
Q

Zollverein

A

1834