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The french revolution Flashcards

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what years were the french revolution

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1789-1792

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what is a revolution

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a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favour of a new system which usually occurs with great violence

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revolution can cause change

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economically
technically
socially
politically

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characteristics of revolution

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  • new ways of thinking about politics or the structure of society
  • use of propaganda on both sides
  • military coup
  • opposition to the revolution
  • radicals seize control
  • migration
  • intervention by other nations
  • civilian deaths and destruction
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why was the french revolution so significant

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it was the first country to ever challenge the social construct and the way things were

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causes of the french revolution

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the estate system and the king

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lettre de cachet

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a royal warrant of arrest that allowed the kind to arrest whoever he wanted to with no trial or anything like that

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the collection of tithes

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this allowed the church to collect one-tenths of a persons income for the church

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what was the age of enlightenment

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was a philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in europe

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principles of enlightenment

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Reason
nature
happiness
progress
liberty
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reason

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truth through logical reasoning

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nature

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natural laws of politics and economics are good

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happiness

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live by natures laws and you will be happier

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progress

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a belief that humanity can be perfected

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liberty

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a belief that society should be set free

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the mantra of the french revolution

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liberty, fraternity, democracy

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the estates general

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a representation of all society which only met when the king wanted to raise taxes on the third class

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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believed humans are good by nature but corrupt by society - advocated for direct democracy

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Voltaire

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targeted the clergy and aristocracy and government - main ideas was freedom of religion speech and tolerance q

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Montesquie

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french aristocrat and lawyer
believed britain was the best government of all time, main ideas challenges absolute monarchy and called for the separation of power into executive legislative and judicial

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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mary challenged the ideas of women didn’t matter by using the same arguments from the age of enlightenment

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