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40 Cards in this Set
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jacques necker
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financial advisor for Louis, advised to reduce spending and tax first and second estate
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cahiers
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notebooks written by each estate telling about their grievances
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National Assembly
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group of third estate bourgeosie who wanted to create a constitution
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bastille
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a midieval fort raided by revolutionaries
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nationalism
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extreme pride for one's country
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tennis court oath
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oath taken to form national assembly after third estate locked out of estates general
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where national assembly could meet
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anywhere there are members together
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the great fear
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rumors that first and second estate did bad, taboo things to first estate
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possible starters of great fear
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louis--to scare people into conformity or by third estate--to catalyze the revolution
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the decrees of august fourth
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when special privileges of second "officially" lost (although they were already kind of taken away)
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declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
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declared all citizens equal before the law (similar to us const.-- right to life, liberty, property and resistance to oppression)
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meritocracy
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earning a job based on ability, not birth family or socio-economic status
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civil constitution of the clergy
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when church becomes regulated by state
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constitution of 1791
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set up a limited monarchy in the place of an absolute monarchy, added meritocracy and created elections (for property owning white men)
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declaration of plinitz
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a threat to revolutionaries from austria/prussia saying if they would intervene to protect the french monarchy, if need be
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sans-culottes
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working class men and women
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Jacobins
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supporters of sans-culottes, the more radical bourgeousie, dominate the national convention
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Girondins
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liberal bourgeousie, wanted small de-centralized government, made of mostly intellects/business people
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soverignty
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the right to rule yourself (for people by people)
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October Days
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Louis denies the DORMC and the decrees, and 20,000 people march, and he finally agrees to DORMC and decrees
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Legislative Assembly
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group that took charge after monarchy was abolished
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emigres
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nobles, clergy and others who fled revolutionary france
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committee of public safety
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created to deal with threats to france, also to eliminate counter-revolutionaries/traitors
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Maximilien Robespierre
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head of committee of public safety
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the directory
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created by constitution of 1795 as a 5 man committee that worked with a 2 house legislature
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le marsailles
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french national anthem
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jacque louis david
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a popular artist, comissioned to paint napolean and tennis court oath
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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group that created the Committee of public safety
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jacobins
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consulate
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three man governing system made after directory overthrown
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Concordat of 1801
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agreement between napolean and the church keeping church under state control, but allowing religious freedom for catholics
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Napoleonic Code
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new laws embodying revolutionary principles--equality of citizens before law, religious tolerance, and meritocracy
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battle of trafalgar
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battle in which napolean tried to invade britain, but was unsuccessful
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confederation of rhine
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group created by napolean that replaced rulers of the holy roman empire
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continental system
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laws trying to hurt british economy, closed british ports to european trade
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plebliscite
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ballot where voters agree/disagree on an issue
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congress of vienna
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where a lot of european countries met to create balance of power and preserve monarchies
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city where napolean was born
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cosica, in the mediterranean
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geurilla warfare
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hit and run raids
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concert of europe
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a peacekeeping organization, leaders in it tried to keep balanced power and suppress any uprisings that came from french revolution ideals
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