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Unit 6: The French Revolution Flashcards

1
Q

When was the French Revolution?

A

1789-1815

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2
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The Church owned______, collected___, and paid no direct____?

A

Land, lithes, and taxes

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3
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Nobles competed for royal what at Versailles?

A

appointments

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4
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What is the bourgeoisie?

A

middle class- wealthy of the 3rd estate

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5
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Enlightenment ideas questioned ____?

A

The old regime

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6
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Most of the Third Estate were ___ ______ or ___ ____

A

rural peasants or urban workers

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7
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France practiced deficit ____

A

Spending

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8
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Bad harvests increased the price of what?

A

Food

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9
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What is Cahier?

A

The French word for notebook

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10
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All three estates prepared cashiers for listing their what? They included what?

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grievances, which included Fair taxes, Freedom of the press, regular meetings of the Estate-General

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11
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When did Parisians storm the Bastille?

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July, 14, 1789

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12
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What did the Bastille symbolize?

A

Years of abuse by the monarchy

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13
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What happened when the Parisians stormed the Bastille?

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The mob broke through the guards’ defenses and tore down the prison for political prisoners

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14
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Rumors asserted that government troops were _________?

A

seizing peasant crops

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15
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Defiant peasants attacked what?

A

Manors and storehouses

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16
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Who headed the National Guard

A

Marquis de Lafayette

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17
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What organized in response to royal troops

A

A militia

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18
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The radical Paris Commune replaced what?

A

The government in the city

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19
Q

Nobles voted to end their own___ ___ ___?

A

Exemption from taxes

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20
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man promoted and stated what?

A

Stated all men were born free and equal in rights

Promoted the revolutionary slogan

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21
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What is the revolutionary slogan?

A

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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22
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Who demanded equal rights for women?

A

Olympe de Gouges

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23
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Who did not accept the reforms made by the National Assembly?

A

Louis XVI

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24
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Women marched to where and demanded to see the king and queen?

A

Versailles

25
Q

French peasants rejected to civil ______at the Clergy?

A

Constitution

26
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The constitution of 1791 establishes what?

A

A new government

27
Q

Emigres reported attacks on their what?

A

Property and lives

28
Q

The King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria issued the What?

A

Declaration of Pilnitz

29
Q

Who called for a new republican government?

A

Sans-culottes

30
Q

The Jacobins used what to advance the republican cause?

A

Pamphlets and newspaper

31
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Why did radicals declare war on Austria, Prussia, and Britain?

A

To spread revolution

32
Q

Who was attacked in the September massacres?

A

Prisoners

33
Q

About how many prisoners were killed?

A

1,200

34
Q

Radicals formed a new ____ ____ ____, the National Convention.

A

Republican legislative body

35
Q

Louis XVI and who were executed?

A

Marie Antoinette

36
Q

Why was the Committee of Public Safety formed?

A

To stop threats to France

37
Q

What did the Committee of Public Safety oversee?

A

Trials and executions and ruled absolutely

38
Q

Who believed France could only achieve a republic terror?

A

Robespierre “ The Incorruptible”

39
Q

What was used as a “humane” method of beheading?

A

Guillotine

40
Q

After the thousands of executions, the _____ _____ turned on the Committee of Public Safety. Who was beheaded?

A

National Convention

Robespierre

41
Q

Who created the Constitution of 1795?

A

The French Directory, with a bicameral legislature

42
Q

What is the French national anthem called?

A

La Marseillaise

43
Q

Who overthrew the weak Directory and established the Consulate?

A

Napoleon

44
Q

Who named himself the First Consul?

A

Napoleon

45
Q

With strong support from the people, _____ crowned himself Emperor of France?

A

Napoleon

46
Q

What places did Napoleon annex parts of?

A

Italy and Germany

47
Q

Who abolished the Holy Roman Empire?

A

Napoleon

48
Q

The _____ ______ closed European ports to Britain but failed to defeat the UK

A

Continental System

49
Q

What group of people conducted a campaign of guerilla warfare?

A

Spanish patriots

50
Q

What did the Russians do as the French advanced towards them?

A

The Russians retreated East and burned their own crops (The scorched earth policy)

51
Q

Where did Napoleon escape exile?

A

Elba

52
Q

When Napoleon escaped exile who fled from France at his return?

A

Louis XVIII

53
Q

At what battle was Napoleon forced into exile for good?

Where was he exiled to?

A

The Battle of Waterloo

St. Helena

54
Q

When did Napoleon die?

A

1821

55
Q

What did Napoleon make France into while living and dead?

A

Made France into a centralized state with a constitution and elections

56
Q

Who sold the Louisiana Territory to the US

A

Napoleon

57
Q

France was ringed with ____ countries and ______ restored?

A

Strong
Monarchies

58
Q

Who will rule France after Napoleon’s death?

A

Louis XVIII

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