Wh Ch 17 Flashcards
“The Sun King”,
Cardinal Mazarin aided his rule. One of the longest reigns of any king in history (over 70 years)
Louis XIV
(appointed govt. officials) to help Louis XIV rule
bureaucrats
“govt. By men who sit at desks”; made up of the bourgeoisie (middle class)
Bureaucracy
a palace used to entertain & “distract” the nobles
Palace of Versailles
17th & 18th century monarchial pursuit of unlimited power
“Age of Absolutism”
minister of finance that mobilized French economics & trade
Jean Baptiste Colbert
founded Quebec (1st permanent French Colony) in 1608
Samuel de Champlain
explored the Mississippi River in 1682 & claimed it for France
Robert C. De la Salle
treaty that stopped the war of the leauge of augsbhurg
Treaty of Ryswick
supposed to inherit the throne in Spain
Phillip of Anjou
most notable victory of the war
Battle of Blenheim
a time where philosophy changed the thinking of France
Age of Enlightenment
“Father of the Enlightenment”,Promoted rationalism (man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth)
Voltaire
man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth
rationalism
“Father if French Romanticism”
Rousseau
(man’s emotions & feelings are the source of truth)
Prompted romanticism
The French king at the beginning of the French Revolution
Louis XVI
Classes were made up of the what
Clergy, Nobles, & Everyone else
left the estates general & their own representative assembly called National Assembly
3rd estate
a vow to meet until a constitution was written
The Tennis Court Oath
On July 14, 1789, the people of France stormed the castle of Bastille in Paris
Storming of Bastille
the National Assembly & adopted the slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Death”
August 4 Decree
France’s 1st Constitution created by the Constituent Assembly; France was now a Constitutional Monarchy
Constitution of 1791
supported the king
right
neutral
middle
wanted to continue the revolution
left
The Constitutional Assembly was replaced by the what in 1792
National Convention
was executed by guillotine
Louis XVI
led by Maximilien Robespierre controlled France through terror & violence
The Committee of Public Safety
lead the Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
rejected scripture & viewed God as an impersonal Being revealed only in nature that must be sought through men’s reason
Deism
Napoleon overthrew France’s government & established the Consulate
1799
an election in which the people express their will
Plebiscite
formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic
Concordat
England defeated Napoleon’s Navy in the Mediterranean Sea in what battle
Battle of Trafalgar
what year was the Battle of Trafalgar
1805
greatest naval hero the world has ever known; led the British fleet to victory
Lord Horatio Nelson
Napoleon’s greatest military victory; he defeated the Russians and the Austrians
Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon ordered that any nation allied with France was not allowed to trade with England
Continental System
withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812
Czar Alexander I
Europe banded together and defeated Napoleon’s broken army
Battle of Nations
He was defeated for the final time at what battle
Battle of Waterloo
he returned to France to reconquer his empire in what year
1815
Napolean’s Government
the Consulate
Napoleon was banished from Europe to the island of what
Elba
Where was Napolean banned the second time
St. Helena
Napolean’s law code
Napolean Code
what year did Napolean have the most power
1812
