World History - Test 8 (Ch. 18) matching/choice Flashcards
first Protestant king of France
Henry IV
king that prophesied France’s doom
Louis XV
reestablished as king after Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
reigned during the French Revolution
Louis XVI
reigned over France for seventy years
Louis XIV
the year the British navy defeated the combined French and Spanish navies at the Battle of Trafalgar
1805
the country Lord Castlereagh represented at the Congress of Vienna
Great Britain
the “Reign of Terror” began under his leadership
Maximilien Robespierre
this country withdrew from Napoleon’s Continental System
Russia
the French term for the middle class
bourgeoisie
this prominent family led the Catholic forces of France against French Protestants
Guise
the cardinal that ruled for Louis XIII
Richelieu
this group of people paid half of their income in taxes
peasants
when the National Assembly ended the lord’s privileges of collecting land taxes, what did it attempt to abolish
feudalism
the year the first written constitution of France was completed
1791
this kind of government was established with France’s first written constitution
constitutional monarchy
after the Second Republic was proclaimed, this revolution broke out shaking the confidence in the new republic
June Days
this French leader was forced to surrender to Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War
Napoleon III
he was considered the Prince of Diplomats
von Metternich
August 4 Decrees
ended the lord’s privileges of collecting land taxes
Edict of January
allowed French Protestants to worship in public
Edict of Nantes
allowed French Protestants to worship in certain territories
Tennis Court Oath
declared by the National Assembly during the French Revolution
Treaty of Ryswick
established the existing state of things before the War of the League of Augsburg
this states why the king of France felt threatened by the Protestant Reformation
the king felt his authority over church and state was in jeopardy
this statement shows the relationship between French politics and French religion
French religion justified the way the French kings ruled, creating political tension
this describes the multiparty system
numerous parties created dissension, contributing to an unstable government
this describes the effect Louis XIV’s bureaucratic government had on France
appointed agents handled all local matters decreasing the independence of local and town governments
how the Congress of Vienna affected the political structure of France
France was established the way it was before the war
