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Lead to sharp increase of bread prices prior to French Revolution

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Grain shortages

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Most of France’s population just prior to the French Revolution was made of

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Peasants

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Three major causes for French government debt prior to the French Revolution were

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Louis XIV’s prolific spending, the seven years war and financing the American war for independence

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Major causes for the French Revolution included

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Social class issues, peasant distress, government debt, and royal weakness in the government

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Refusal of the assembly of notables to support Louis XVI’s tax reform causes

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Calling of estates general

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Main cause of calling of estates general.

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French government threatened with bankruptcy, assembly of notables refuse to support Louis XVI’s tax reform.

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The first estate

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The clergy, optional payment of taxes

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The second estate

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Nobility, owned 25 percent of land

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The third estate

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Everyone else, 95 percent of population,

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Marks beginning of French Revolution

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Tennis court oath

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Led third estate to reject unfair method of voting and to the tennis court oath

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Abbé sieyes

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Bastille

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Raiding of prison for a supply of gun powder and weapons used in French Revolution

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The declaration of the rights of man and the citizen

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Declared in French Revolution, states all men are born and remain free and equal in rights

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What about the French Revolution best shows Locke’s ideas of natural rights

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The declaration of the rights of man and the citizens

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Argued that women are not inferior to men in vindication of women’s rights

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Shows fight for women’s rights during French Revolution

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s vindication of women’s rights, and women’s march to Versailles

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Women’s march to Versailles

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Women march to Versailles demanding cheap bread and royal family to move to Paris

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The acts passed by the National Assembly

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Confiscated Roman Catholic Church land, decreed bishops and priests to be elected by people, required clergy to take oath to support new government

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Pope Pius’s reaction to acts passed by National Assembly

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He condemned or ignored the acts

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Clergys reaction to acts passed by National Assembly

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Refusal to accept them

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Did not give women right to vote or abolish private property

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National Assembly

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Conservatives of the legislative assemble who supported the king

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The right

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Moderates in the legislative assemble, comprised large group of legislative assemble

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Center

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Radicals who distrusted the king and wanted the French Revolution I continue in the legislative assemble

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The left

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In the legislative assemble the left was composed of what two groups

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Jacobins and Girondists

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Jacobins

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Wanted to overthrow monarchy an make a republic

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Girondists

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Wanted to discredit monarchy and extend revolution across Europe

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Declaration of phillnitz

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Declares restoration of absolutism in France was of the common interest to all sovereigns of Europe

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War of the first coalition

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Legislative assembly declares war against Austria and Prussia

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War of the first coalition results in

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Austria and Prussia advance towards Paris because France was poorly equipped

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Sans culottes

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Took Paris commune in second French Revolution to form a more democratic government

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September massacres

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Mobs of san culottes executed over a thousand priests

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Marks beginning of second French revolutions

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September massacres

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Abolishes monarchy and declares France a republic in second French Revolution

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National convention

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Executed in second French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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Passed order to execute Louis XVI

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National convention

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Burke warned that mob rule would lead to

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Anarchy and military dictatorship

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First coalition of the late 18th century composed of

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England Spain Holland Sardinia and Prussia

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Causes if the reign of terror

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Foreign invaders and threat of domestic rebellion

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Establishes committee of public safety

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National Assembly

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Leads committee of public safety, shows dictatorial power

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Robespierre

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“Levee en masses”

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Robespierre’s order decreeing compulsory military services for men between age of 18 and 40

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Napoleon Bonaparte was mainly motivated by

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Patriotism

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Defeat the first coalition

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Committee of public safety

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Ends radical phase of French Revolution

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Robespierre’s death

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Directory

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2 house legislature and executive body of 5 men

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Causes of the fall of the directory

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Failure to deal with inflammation food shortages and corruption

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Overthrows the directory

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleonic codes

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Equality before law, freedom of religion, abolition privilege, protection of property rights

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Concordat of 1801

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Napoleon grants the pope the right to confirm dignitaries appointed by government

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Popes response to the concordat of 1801

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Pope gives recognition to French government and accepts churches loss of land during revolution

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In the early 19th century Napoleon abolishes

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Feudalism

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The abolition of feudalism did what for French peasants in the early 19th century

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Granted them freedom from manorial duties

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Continental system

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Napoleon closes all European ports to British ships and goods

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Causes of napoleons invasion of Russia in the early 19th century

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The continental system stopped vital Russian trade

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Effects of napoleons invasion of Russia in the early 19th century

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Napoleons defeat by the grand alliance at the battle of nations, Napoleon exiled to Elba, grand alliance defeat Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo

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The grand alliance in the early 19th century was composed of

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Great Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria

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Napoleons battle of austerlitz

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Solidified his reputation as a military genius

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