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HSTR 352 History of the French Revolution > History of the French Revolution midterm > Flashcards

History of the French Revolution midterm Flashcards

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charles I

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found ways around parliament
dissolved parliament 11 years (Scots revolt)
tried a new prayer book (scots revolt)
parliament reconveaned and got rid of charles

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1st British civil war

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1649
Charles I army vs Parliament army
parliament wins
rump parliament formed

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Cromwell

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dissolved rump parliament
became a military leader over everything

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charles II

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established royal prerogative

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James II

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attempted to end catholic discrimination with the royal prerogative
fired lots of judges

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2nd British civil war

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1688
William III of Orange is invited to invade England and take power from James II

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End result of British revolutions

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1689 Parliament dissolves the royal prerogative and establishes a constitutional monarchy

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Rosseau

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Social contract stated: only legitimate ruler was the people themselves, people choose whether to enter social contract of governance, Government by consensus = despotism

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Corsican revolution

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pasquale paoli established first constitution based on enlightenment principles
Boswell wrote about him and made him popular in England

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end of the 7 years war and impact on Britain

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1763
britian has a huge land empire it needs to pay for

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george grenville

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attempted to institute the stamp act
pissed off journalists and lawyers

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Townsend

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Tea
smugglers couldn’t make money off tea
smugglers pissed

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Lord north

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boston port act of 1774
boston under martial law
quartering act and housing troops
put common people out of work

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shays rebellion year and sentiment

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1786
debtors getting their land taken
anti-revolutionary sentiment
need to fix government

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whiskey rebellion

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against taxes on whiskey
anti-revolutionary sentiment
need to fix government

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vantium

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1/20th income tax for everyone
rejected by parliament

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letres de cachet and who used them

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king louis XV
emprison anyone for any or no reason
used to push through the vantium and suspend parliament

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King Louis XVI

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rolled back all of king Louis XV reforms
no more letres de cachet

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bread crisis and year

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1788
peasants were literally starving to death

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items on the cahiers de doleances

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corvet: people had to build new roads for free
church tithes: people had to pay the church
leftovers from serfdom

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When is the national assembly formed

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June 17th 1789

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When is the tennis court oath formed

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June 20th 1789

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when does the national assembly and the king meet under the new constitution

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June 27 1789

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When was Bastille Day and why did it happen

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July 14th 1789
rumors spread members of the national assembly had been locked up

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Date of cahiers de doleance addressed and result

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August 4th 1789
complete renouncement of aristocratic privileges

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When was the Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen passed and what was the response of the king

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August 26th 1789
king did not like it and appeared to be agaisnt the new constitution

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what were the october days

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women starving from the bread crisis of 1788 forcefully removed the royal family and took them back to france

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why is the kings attempted flee important

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clearly headed for austria
June 1791
king cannot be trusted
created split in the jacobins

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what was the first group of anti revolutionaries based on morality instead of capital

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refractory clergy over apolistic succession

30
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declaration of pillnitz and rumor created

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Austrian emperor and prussian king are against the french revolution and believes the power of the king should be restored
marie antionette was conspiring with the austrians

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sans culottes

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blue collar revolutionaries

32
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when was the monarchy abolished and France declared a republic

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september 22 1792

HSTR 352 History of the French Revolution (11 decks)

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