world history Flashcards
The were members of the Paris Commune who wore long pants to identify
with common people.
san clottes
The right of powerful nations to maintain order throughout Europe was known as the .
principle of intervention
was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety who enforced
policies of the Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
The was Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British economy
Continental System
The were the middle class, this included professionals. Yet, still were not
wealthy.
bourgeoisie
known as a coup d’etat.
A sudden overthrow of the government is
Like many Enlightenment thinkers of the time, the and
the Citizen proclaimed an end to aristocratic privileges. Promoting
Declaration of the Rights of Man, the lower classes in a
way previously unseen before in France.
Although there were more widespread causes, bad harvests and slumps in
manufacturing fed the economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution.
Thousands of armed descended on the Palace, causing
Parisians, Louis XVI to accept
the National Assembly’s decrees.
were all reasons for the
rebellions of 1789 by the French peasants.
High taxes, the high cost of food, and political inequality
The French Revolution was radicalized.
by the threat of foreign intervention to restore
Louis XVI as the leader of France
The status of the Catholic Church changed drastically under the Civil Constitution of the
Clergy.
Civil Constitution of the
Clergy, This change was a product of the Church no longer being its own entity, but
rather now being controlled by the State
The military being needed to enforce the authority of the Directory,
was a product of it
(The Directory) not being able to effectively govern its citizens after the Reign of Terror
Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was different in many ways, one of those reasons being
that promotions within it were based on ability rather than rank or birth.
Although it had moments of success, ultimately Napoleon’s Grand Empire could not
continue to
hold itself up thanks to the strain placed on it by Napoleon’s many wars.
