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The French Revolution Flashcards

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Social Classes in prerevolutionary France

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estates

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Feudal social system in France before the Rev.

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Old Regime

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Members of the First Estate

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clergy

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Members of the Second Estate

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nobles

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These were not required for the privileged classes

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taxes

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What the Third Estate’s upper class was called

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Bourgeoisie

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Weak monarch unable to deal with France’s economic troubles

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Louis XVI

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The unpopular “Madame Deficit”

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Marie Antionette

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Meeting of the estates in which the Third Estate could always be outvoted by the other two

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Estates-General

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Pledge by Third Estate delegates not to end meeting until a new constitution was written

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Tennis Court Oath

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Establishment of National Assembly in 1789 meant the end of this in France

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Absolute Monarchy

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The storming of this Paris Prison marks the symbolic start of the French Rev.

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The Bastille

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Slogan of the French Rev. (In English)

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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The wave of senseless panic and destruction that spread through the French countryside

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Great Fear

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The women of Paris marched on Versailles to protest the price of this

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Bread

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Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by the National Assembly, gave French people many rights, Similar to U.S. Bill of Rights

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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In the new Legislative Assembly, this faction sat on the -left- on the political spectrum

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Radicals

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In the new Legislative Assembly, this faction sat in the -middle- on the political spectrum

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Moderates

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In the new Legislative Assembly, this faction sat on the -right- on the political spectrum

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Conservatives

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The type of gov. radicals wanted

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Republic

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France declared war on this neighboring state in 1792 after it threatened to restore Louis XVI to the throne

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Austria

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Leader who ruled France as a dictator and instilled the Reign of Terror

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Maximilien Robespierre

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No longer king, ___ was ___ on Jan 21st, 1973

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Louis XVI, executed

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The “national razor”

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Guillotine

25
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Time period when Robespierre ruled France, when thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed

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Reign of Terror

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Executed as a traitor in 1793 for plotting against France with her brother, emperor of Austria

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Marie Antionette

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The Reign of Terror ended with the execution of ___, the man that started the time period

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Robespierre

28
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Final stage of the French Rev. began with the creation of a new gov. led by this new executive body

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The Directory

29
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The Directory would be overthrown in a ___ by Napoleon in 1799

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coup d’etat

30
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Perhaps Napoleon’s greatest achievement was this more uniform and just system of laws

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Napoleonic Code

31
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In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself ___

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emperor

32
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Between 1801 - 1812, Napoleon’s armies brought most of this continent under his control

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Europe

33
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The rulers of -these three countries- were forced to sign peace treaties with France

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Prussia, Austria, Russia

34
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Napoleon’s ___ was the largest in Europe since Roman times

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empire

35
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Napoleon’s only major defeat during this period was this naval battle off the coast of Spain

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Trafalgar

36
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In the Battle of Trafalgar, the French fleet was defeated by the naval forces of this country

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Britain

37
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The defeat of the French navy caused Napoleon to give up his plans on invading this country

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Britain

38
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This attempt to keep Britain from trading with the rest of Europe was Napoleon’s first costly mistake

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Continental System

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In response to France’s ___, Britain responded with a stronger + more efficient one of its own

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blockade

40
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Napoleon’s second costly mistake was to send his armies through Spain in an attempt to invade this country

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Portugal

41
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Napoleon’s second costly mistake sparked ___ feelings in Spain and a 5 year war between France and Spanish ___

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nationalist, guerrillas

42
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The name of the war that was Napoleon’s second costly mistake

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Peninsular War

43
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Napoleon’s invasion of this country in 1812 was his third costly mistake

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Russia

44
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The strategy used by the retreating Russian armies

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Scorched-earth policy

45
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At the start of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, he started with 400,000 soldiers. He came out with ___

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10,000

46
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Napoleon’s army was crushed at this battle

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Battle of Leipzig

47
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Napoleon had to give up his throne and was exiled to the island of ___

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Elba

48
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In 1815, Napoleon escaped from his exile, returned to France, and ruled as emperor for ___ days

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100

49
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Napoleon’s final defeat came on this Belgian battlefield in 1815

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Waterloo

50
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Napoleon was exiled again to this island in the South Atlantic, he died there 6 years later in 1821

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St. Helena

51
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Napoleon’s conquests aroused ___ feelings across Europe

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nationalist

52
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Foreign minister of Austria in charge of the Congress of Vienna

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Klemens von Metternich

53
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The Congress of Vienna tried to restore this between Europe’s major powers

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balance of power

54
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The country that was forced to give up conquered territory and pay reparations, but was left intact and not harshly punished after Congress of Vienna

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France

55
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In short, the Congress of Vienna was an attempt by conservatives to undo this event

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French Revolution

56
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This policy was used to restore the rightful families to the Thrones of Europe after the Congress of Vienna

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legitimacy

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