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rebirth; began in Italy and spread to all of Europe; individualism; high culture; artistic and philosophical movement

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Renaissance

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soldier of hire

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mercenary

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The Prince; “the end justifies the means”; ethics of government

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Machiavelli

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vernacular writing; Divine Comedy; soul’s journey to salvation

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Dante Alligeri

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vernacular writing; Canterbury Tales; pilgrims journey to shrine

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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literary movement; every day human problems; Petrarch, Erasmus, More

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Humanism

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author of Utopia, the ideal country

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Sir Thomas More

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attacked church abuses but remained loyal; “the philosophy of Christ”

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Desiderius Erasmus

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ideal Renaissance man; painter, sculptor, architect, inventor; Mona Lisa and Last Supper

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Leonardo DaVinci

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  1. location
  2. wealthy patrons
  3. Greco-Roman culture
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3 reasons why Renaissance began in Italy

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German monk; 95 theses; translated Bible to German; Protestant Reformation

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Martin Luther

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2 classic cultures

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Roman and Greek

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protestant religion; predestination - elect and damned; Geneva

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Calvinism

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wanted to divorce his wife but Pope said no; started Anglican Church

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King Henry VIII

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Calvinism laid the foundation for this religious group

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Puritanism

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founder of Jesuits

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Ignatius of Loyola

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established many Protestant sects; shattered Catholic unity

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Reformation

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steps to reform the Catholic Church in reaction to Protestantism

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Counter-Reformation

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society of Jesus; stressed education; opposed killing - convert through conversation

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Jesuits

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generally, a Christian who is not of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox faiths

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Protestant

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formally accepted division between Catholicism and Protestantism

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Peace of Augsburg

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  1. God
  2. Glory
  3. Gold
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3 motives for European expansion

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  1. caravel
  2. cartography
  3. compass
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3 technological advances that made long exploration possible

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Portuguese sailor who sailed around the tip of Africa to the coast of India

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Vasco de Gama

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“discovered” the Americas; believed he reached Asia; successful failures; controversial

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Christopher Columbus

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Spanish; first person to circumnavigate the globe; killed before returning home

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Florentine explorer; America named after him

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Amerigo Vespucci

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led the Spanish expeditions that brought down the Aztec civilization

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Hernán Cortés

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the idea that economic security depends on a large supply of gold and silver; fixed amount of wealth in the world - have to take from someone else

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mercantilism

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second stage of the triangular trade involving the shipment of slaves across the Atlantic

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slave trade

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settlement in a new area who is linked to the Mother country; exploited for raw materials

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colony

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English Protestant Queen; brought country to be a world power; defeated Spanish Armada

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Elizabeth I

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Spanish King; Wars to spread Catholicism; Armada beaten

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Philip II

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English King; gave up some of his powers to Parliament but later ignored limits; executed

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Charles I

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35
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supporters of the monarchy during the English Revolution

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Cavaliers/Royalists

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36
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supporters of parliament during the English Revolution

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Roundheads

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New Model Army; led to parliament supporters to victory in 30 yrs war; abolished English monarchy then dissolved parliament and set up a military dictatorship

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Oliver Cromwell

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William and Mary of Orange take the throne from James II; bloodless “war”; Bill of Rights from parliament; constitutional monarchy

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Glorious Revolution

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French King; absolutism; palace at Versailles; Sun King; many wars; French cultural height

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Louis XIV

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Prussian who organized the state and army; General War Commissariat

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Frederick William

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Russian word for Caesar

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czar

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42
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first Russian czar; ruthless with nobility; killed son

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Ivan IV

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westernize and modernize Russia; absolute monarch; book of etiquette; seeking sea port

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Peter the Great

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social contract; people give ruler power to rule; ruthless struggle for self-preservation

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Thomas Hobbes

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natural rights; people have the right to replace gov. who doesn’t protect citizens’ rights

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John Locke

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a radical attempt to change the very structure of a country’s government

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revolution

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elite Ottoman guard; well-armed infantry or administrators; served sultan

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janissaries

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Islamic defender of the faith; successor to Muhammad

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Ottoman Turk’s officials in local areas

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Ottoman Turk ruler; political and military authority; hereditary

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Ottoman Turk chief minister; controlled day-to-day operation of the government

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grand vizier

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Ottoman ruler; highest point in empire; skilled in government; patron of the arts; protected all people

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Muslim empire who controlled Byzantine empire, Middle East, and north Africa; capital at Istanbul

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King in Persia; spiritual leader

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Muslim empire who controlled most of Persia; Esfahan capital

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Safavid Dynasty

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Middle East Muslim market place

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rulers of India; height of power under Shah Akbar; Taj Mahal

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Hindu tradition of burning a widow on her husband’s funeral pyre; Mogul try to stop

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Mogul ruler; efficient bureaucracy; philosopher-king; “The Religion of God”

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trade group whose control in India led to Mogul decline; Robert Clive

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East India Company

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overthrew Mongols; national school system; oversees exploration; blue/white porcelain

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dynasty based on the Manchus; “pure”; strong rulers

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Chinese man’s braided hair

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Chinese low bow

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status symbol for the rich Chinese; breaking of the feet to ensure the smallest foot possible

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footbinding

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rulers who completed unification of Japan; period of “Great Peace”

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Japanese theater that emphasized action, music, and gestures; no women actors

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distinctive Korean alphabet; phonetic

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four styles of monarchy in Southeast Asia

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Buddhist Kings
Islamic Sultans
Javanese Kings
Vietnamese emperors

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reason for economic interest in Malay Peninsula and Indonesia

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theory that earth is the center of the universe

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geocentric

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theory that sun is the center of the universe

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heliocentric

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Polish astronomer; earth not the center of the universe - controversial

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Nicholaus Copernicus

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Italian astronomer and mathematician; orbs in the universe made out of material substance; telescope

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Galileo Galilei

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English astronomer and mathematician; laws of motion and gravitation

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Issac Newton

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philosophical movement; application of the scientific method to understand life

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Enlightenment

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English scientist; properties of gas

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Robert Boyle

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French philosopher; “I think, therefore I am;” rationalism

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Rene Descartes

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systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence

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scientific method

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English; scientific method; practical application for science

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Sir Francis Bacon

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French philosopher; criticism of Christianity; religious toleration; deism

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economics; laissez-faire; “The Wealth of the Nations;” competition

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Adam Smith

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French philosopher; social contract; emotion & reason important to human development

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1754-1763; decisive conflict that settled British and French rivalry in North America and world; “The sun never sets on the British empire”

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Seven Years’ War

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1.Mozart
2.Bach
3.Haydn
4.Handel

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Four enlightenment composers

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the union of England and Scotland; United Kingdom; island of two countries, one kingdom

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Great Britain

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7 Years’ war in North America; GB dominated NA from Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River and from the Gulf of Mexico to almost the Arctic Ocean

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French & Indian War

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July 4, 1776; Delegates at the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia; voted to declare their freedom from Great Britain; established United States as an independent nation

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Declaration of Independence

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General of the Continental Army; first US President

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George Washington

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chief American negotiator with British during American Revolution

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Benjamin Franklin

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colonies fought & won independence from GB with the help of France and Spain

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American Revolution

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principal author of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

93
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federal system of government; three branches of government; Bill of Rights

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US Constitution

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branch of government that enforces the laws; president

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branch of government that makes the laws; Congress

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legislative

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branch of government that interprets and applies the laws; federal courts

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first 10 Amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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scene of decisive Am and Fr victory over the British; located in Chesapeake Bay, VA

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head of gov established in England; chief minister of the cabinet; real leader of the gov

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Prime Minister

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a new way of thinking that relied on questioning and experimentation

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Scientific Revolution

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Old Regime; less than 1% of French population; clergy of the Roman Catholic Church; privilege & wealth

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1st Estate

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Old Regime; less than 2% of French population; nobility; thoughtlessness, irresponsible & wasteful

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2nd Estate

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Old Regime; 97% of French population; bourgeoisie, laborers, peasants, artisans; tithed; no say

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3rd Estate

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wife of Louis XIV of France; disliked for extravagance & resistance to reform; convicted of treason; guillotined

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Marie Antoinette

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instituted to squelch the threat of the counterrevolution in France; “national razor”; 100 days; Robespierre; fear & ignorance were motivating factors

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Reign of Terror

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French middle class merchants and professionals

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bourgeoisie

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French monarch; reigned 1774-92; weak; target of French Revolution for taxes & extravagance; guillotined

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King Louis XVI

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French Revolutionary; doctor from Paris; leader of extreme radical sect of the Jacobins; assassinated in his bath

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Jean-Paul Marat

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“stroke of state”; sudden overthrow of the government from within; Napoleon’s method of taking control of France

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coup d’ etat

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Jacobin ruler in France during Reign of Terror; “Republic of Virtue”; eventually guillotined

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Robespierre

111
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series of political changes France beginning in 1789 that brought about political, economic, and social turmoil

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French Revolution

112
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general at age 24; military genius; took control of France; “Grand Design” for Europe

113
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sense of identity of people based on language, religion, and national symbols; leads to many rev.

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Nationalism

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Prussia, Great Britain, & the Dutch Netherlands defeated Napoleon’s army; Napoleon surrendered to the British & was exiled & watched under guard until his death

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Battle of Waterloo

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