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Wh Ch 17 Flashcards

1
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“The Sun King”,
Cardinal Mazarin aided his rule. One of the longest reigns of any king in history (over 70 years)

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Louis XIV

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2
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(appointed govt. officials) to help Louis XIV rule

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bureaucrats

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3
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“govt. By men who sit at desks”; made up of the bourgeoisie (middle class)

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Bureaucracy

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4
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a palace used to entertain & “distract” the nobles

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Palace of Versailles

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5
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17th & 18th century monarchial pursuit of unlimited power

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“Age of Absolutism”

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6
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minister of finance that mobilized French economics & trade

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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7
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founded Quebec (1st permanent French Colony) in 1608

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Samuel de Champlain

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8
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explored the Mississippi River in 1682 & claimed it for France

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Robert C. De la Salle

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9
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treaty that stopped the war of the leauge of augsbhurg

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Treaty of Ryswick

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10
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supposed to inherit the throne in Spain

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Phillip of Anjou

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11
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most notable victory of the war

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Battle of Blenheim

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12
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a time where philosophy changed the thinking of France

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Age of Enlightenment

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13
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“Father of the Enlightenment”,Promoted rationalism (man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth)

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Voltaire

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14
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man’s reason is the sole criterion for truth

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rationalism

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15
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“Father if French Romanticism”

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Rousseau

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16
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(man’s emotions & feelings are the source of truth)

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Prompted romanticism

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17
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The French king at the beginning of the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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18
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Classes were made up of the what

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Clergy, Nobles, & Everyone else

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19
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left the estates general & their own representative assembly called National Assembly

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3rd estate

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19
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a vow to meet until a constitution was written

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The Tennis Court Oath

20
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On July 14, 1789, the people of France stormed the castle of Bastille in Paris

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Storming of Bastille

21
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the National Assembly & adopted the slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Death”

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August 4 Decree

22
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France’s 1st Constitution created by the Constituent Assembly; France was now a Constitutional Monarchy

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Constitution of 1791

23
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supported the king

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right

24
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neutral

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middle

25
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wanted to continue the revolution

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left

26
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The Constitutional Assembly was replaced by the what in 1792

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National Convention

27
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was executed by guillotine

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Louis XVI

28
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led by Maximilien Robespierre controlled France through terror & violence

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The Committee of Public Safety

29
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lead the Committee of Public Safety

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Maximilien Robespierre

30
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rejected scripture & viewed God as an impersonal Being revealed only in nature that must be sought through men’s reason

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Deism

31
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Napoleon overthrew France’s government & established the Consulate

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1799

32
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an election in which the people express their will

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Plebiscite

33
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formal agreement with the pope that made peace with the Catholic

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Concordat

34
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England defeated Napoleon’s Navy in the Mediterranean Sea in what battle

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Battle of Trafalgar

35
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what year was the Battle of Trafalgar

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1805

36
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greatest naval hero the world has ever known; led the British fleet to victory

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Lord Horatio Nelson

37
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Napoleon’s greatest military victory; he defeated the Russians and the Austrians

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Battle of Austerlitz

38
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Napoleon ordered that any nation allied with France was not allowed to trade with England

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Continental System

39
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withdrew Russia from the Continental system in 1812

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Czar Alexander I

40
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Europe banded together and defeated Napoleon’s broken army

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Battle of Nations

41
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He was defeated for the final time at what battle

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Battle of Waterloo

42
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he returned to France to reconquer his empire in what year

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1815

43
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Napolean’s Government

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the Consulate

44
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Napoleon was banished from Europe to the island of what

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Elba

45
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Where was Napolean banned the second time

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St. Helena

46
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Napolean’s law code

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Napolean Code

47
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what year did Napolean have the most power

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1812

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