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History French Rev Flashcards

1
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Who’s part of the 1st estate

A

Clergy

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2
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Who’s part of the 2nd estate

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Nobles

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3
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Who’s part of the 3rd estate

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Bourgeoise

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4
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Radicals wanted

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A republic

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5
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Conservatives wanted

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Limited monarchy

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6
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What was the slogan of the French Rev

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Liberty, equality, fraternity

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7
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How did France’s social divisions in the late 1700s contribute to the French Rev

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Members of the 3rd estate were dissatisfied with social and economic inequality

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8
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Why was the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, an important event in the French Rev

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It challenged King’s authority

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9
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What best describes France’s gov according to Constitution of 1791

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Limited monarchy

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10
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An attack on this building to steal weapons started French Rev

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Bastille

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11
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In which ways did Directory maintain changes that had taken place during French Rev

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Republic continued to be governed without king

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12
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Which group in France would have been least likely to support Reign of Terror

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Emigres

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13
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How did Directory’s actions ultimately lead to rise of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Directory was weak and corrupt

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14
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What best explains the conditions that led to reign of terror

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Committee of Public Safety had absolute power

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15
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How did France’s radical revolutionaries try to protect the rev

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By writing new constitution

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16
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Napoleonic Code was a reform of France’s

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Legal system

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17
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Chief goal of Congress of Vienna was to

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Preserve peace through balance of power

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18
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What did not apply to 3rd estate

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Paid few taxes

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19
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What made up 3 estates under France’s old regime

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Clergy, commoners, nobility

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20
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What is one way that Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen was similar to the Declaration of Independence

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It stated that function of gov was to protect individual rights

21
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What best describes impact of Declaration of Rights of Man and of Citizen

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Put into practice ideals of Enlightenment

22
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What goal was most likely to be supported by both poor peasants and wealthy city merchants in early years of French Rev

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End to feudal priveleges

23
Q

What man was leader to Jacobins and later became leader of France

A

Maximilian Robespierre

24
Q

What country was Napoleon’s biggest enemy

A

Britain

25
Q

Napoleon appointed his brother Joseph, to be king of __________ after they ran the royal fam out

A

Spain

26
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Death of ________ ended Reign of Terror in France

A

Robespierre

27
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When King Louis XVI locked members of legislature out of Estates General, they created their own meeting place and made the

A

Tennis court oath

28
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Which group of people met to determine how to divide Europe after Napoleon’s reign ended

A

Congress of Vienna

29
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

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did not rule from the Palace of Versailles until they died

30
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Robespierre began

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Reign of terror

31
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What constitution is not still used in France today

A

Constitution of 1791

32
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Who were the Bourgeoisie

A

Middle class people who were part of 3rd estate

33
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Who were Emigres

A

Nobles who fled France during rev

34
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Women who marched on Versailles wanted to

A

Protest rising price of bread not steal it from king

35
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1st estate was made up of

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Clergy who owned 10% of land

36
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What was not a reason the French people wanted change

A

Thriving economics in France

37
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During Ancient Regime, who had to pay taxes

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3rd estate

38
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What were economic problems during 1780s in France

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Crop failure, high cost of living, price of bread doubled

39
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Why did Louis XVI have to call meeting of Estates General in 1789

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He wanted to raise taxes on 1st and 2nd estates, but parliament said no

40
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Symbol of French Rev and act that began rev was

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Storming of Bastille

41
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Who were Sans-Culottes

A

Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted the rev to bring greater change

42
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How did King Louis XVI die

A

Executed by guillotine

43
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What gov came after end of Robespierre’s Reign of Terror

A

2 house legislature and executive body of five men known as the Directory

44
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What is Coup d’etat

A

Seizure of power by military force

45
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Which country used the Scorched earth policy to help defeat Napoleon’s army

A

Russia

46
Q

Napoleon’s greatest work was his Napoleonic Code which did all following except

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Limited freedom of speech, limited freedom of press, restored slavery to French colonies in Caribbean

47
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Eventually, Napoleon became __________ of France

A

Emperor

48
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British and Prussian forces defeated Napoleon for final time at

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Battle of Waterloo

49
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At end of it all, France’s was governed by

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Absolute monarchy

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