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1
Q
  1. France’s strength in the 17th century
  2. France’s weakness in the 17th century
A
  1. their large industrious populace and farming and commerce
  2. lacked righteousness
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2
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king of France who inherited the throne at age 5 so had help ruling

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Louis XIV (14)

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3
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cardinal who ruled for Louis XIV (14)

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Mazarin

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4
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king with one of the longest reigns of any king in history

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Louis XIV (14) ruled for over 70 years

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5
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nickname of Louis 14

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the “Sun King”

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6
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cocky statement made by Louis 14

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I am the state (L’etat c’est moi)

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7
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Louis 14’s government that he established

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bureaucracy (one of the first modern bureaucratic governments)

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8
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beautiful architectural work filled with mirrors

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Palace of Versailles

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9
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Louis 14’s minister of finance

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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10
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Father of New France

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Samuel de Champlain (founded the first permanent French colony in America: Quebec)

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11
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explored the central Mississippi Rover

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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet (probably not super important)

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12
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claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France and named it Louisiana

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Robert Cavalier de la Salle

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13
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two wars Louis 14 fought

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the War of the League of Augsburg and the War of the Spanish Succession

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14
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ended the War of the League of Augsburg

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Treaty of Ryswick

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15
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ended the War of the Spanish Succession

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Treaty of Utrecht

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16
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new “Dark Age” for France that attempted to apply unaided human philosophy to all areas of man’s life in order to establish a new social order

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Age of Enlightenment

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17
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Father of the Enlightenment

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Voltaire

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18
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  1. Voltaire’s philosophy
  2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy
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  1. rationalism
  2. romanticism
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19
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editor of the Encyclopedia

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Denis Diderot

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20
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French king forced to call the Estates-General

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Louis XVI (16)

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21
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  1. first estate
  2. second estate
  3. third estate
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  1. clergy
  2. nobility
  3. everyone else
22
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the French Revolution began as ____

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an aristocratic revolution

23
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official representative body of all the people of France

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National Assembly (bourgeoisie revolution)

24
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vowed to continue meeting until a national constitution had been wirtten

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Tennis Court Oath

25
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Louis XVI (16) ‘s wife

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Marie Antionette

26
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day the Bastille was stormed

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July 14, 1789 (the revolution was a mass revolution by then)

27
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reform that revoked feudalism

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August 4 Decrees

28
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slogan of the new regime in France

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“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death”

29
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radical group who did not agree with the constitution

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Jacobin Club

30
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attempted to justify establishing a Church of France and reduced the pope’s power and made the church more subservient to the government

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Constituent Assembly

31
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France’s first written constitution

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Constitution of 1791

32
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group of government who
1. was conservative and agreed with the Constitution
2. no program or principles but chilled in the middle
3. radicals who weren’t satisfied and wanted more

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  1. Right
  2. Center
  3. Left
33
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device for chopping off human heads

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guillotine

34
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12 men with extensive police and judicial powers

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Committee of Public Safety

35
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most influential man in the French government who was involved with the Committee of Public Safety

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Maximilien Robespierre

36
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time where thousands of known/suspected “enemies of the Republic” were suppressed; 40,000 people were killed

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“Reign of Terror”

37
Q

man who returned to Paris from a military campaign in Egypt who became a strong leader

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Napoleon Bonaparte

38
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Napoleon’s proclaimed new republic that consisted of 3 consuls, Napoleon being the first

39
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an election in which the people express their will

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plebiscite

40
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Napoleon’s famous laws

A

Code Napoleon

41
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agreement Napoleon signed with the pope that helped him be crowned Emperor

42
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  1. British navy destroyed a combined French and Spanish fleet
  2. greatest naval hero the world has ever known who helped the British win
A
  1. Battle of Trafalgar
  2. Lord Horatio Nelson
43
Q

greatest victory of Napoleon’s career

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Battle of Austerlitz

44
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Napoleon’s young wife who was Marie Antoinette’s niece

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Marie Louise

45
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1806, forbade the importation of British goods into any European country (trade war)

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“Continental System”

46
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war between England and the U.S.

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War of 1812

47
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Russian leader who withdrew Russia from the Continental System

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Czar Alexander I

48
Q

Napoleon’s worst enemy in 1812 during his Russian campaign

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Russian winter

49
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  1. October 1813, the combined forces of Europe defeated Napoleon’s new army
  2. Napoleon’s first exile
A
  1. Battle of Leipzig
  2. Elba
50
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  1. June 18, 1815, Napoleon’s final defeat in Belgium
  2. second exile for Napoleon
A
  1. Battle of Waterloo
  2. St. Helena
51
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leader of the combined British and Prussian armies who defeated Napoleon during his final battle

A

Duke of Wellington

10th Flashcards - history (10 decks)

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