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51 Cards in this Set
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Before the Frecnch Revolutionwhat class did doctors, lawyers, merchants belong to?
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Third Estate
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Who were the bourgeoisie
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drs, lawyers and merchants of third estate
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they were rivals of Jacobins
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Girondists
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Who ruled France during the Reigh of Terror
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committee of public safety
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the incone tax placed on church members was called a
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tithe
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what is the Estates-General
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gov. classs of society
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what is a plabiscite?
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direct tax
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they wanted to imprison royals and abolish the monarchy
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jacobins
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napoleon's agreement with the catholic church
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concordate of 1801
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money paid by france for war damages
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indemity or repriation
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what is a one-house assembly
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unicameral legislature
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the nobility's main source of income was
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feudal dues from peasants
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members of the political faction favoring extreme change were called
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jacobins
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the neutral areas set up to surround france were called
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buffer states
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king louis XVI left Versailles for paris when his palace was surrounded
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women demanding bread
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by 1812 napoleon had conquered most of Europe except
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russia and england
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three french leaders during french revolution died by execution
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louis XVI, Robespierre, Danten, marie antoinette
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one of the national assembly's most important reforms was to abolish
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feudal dues
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major goal of the quadruple alliance was to prevent _______ revolutions
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democratic
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before the revolution members of the third estate had a high______and little____
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tax burden, political power
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the austrian chief minister who presided over the congress of vienna was
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prince klemens von metternich
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a major factor in napoleon's failure to defeat russia was the harsh
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russian winter
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the attack on a paris prison by enraged citizens was called
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storming the bastille
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the constitution of 1791 provided voting rights for male citizens who paid a
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minimum tax
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three things that contributed to the french financial crisis that brought on the revolution
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1. kings lavish spending of money
2. french support for american revolution 3. unwillingness of clergy to pay taxes |
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what estate included bishops and abbots
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first estate
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what isthe napoleonic codes
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made french law clear and consistant, established by napoleon
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paris prison stormed by a mob is the
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bastille
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type of french gov before revolution
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monarchy
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who are the jacobins
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group of extreme radicals
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plan that forbade the trade w/ britain
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continental system
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plan that forbade trade w/ france
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order in council
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comprised 97 percent of the french population
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third estate
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those who continued to support the king
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royalists or girondists
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in 1789 king louis XVI summoned the estates-general primarily to
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get additional taxes
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Robespierr's execution marked the end of the
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reign of terror
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the largest social groups included in the third estste
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peasants
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three reforms that napoleon undertook during rule
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1. restruction legal system
2. put education under control of national government 3. all citizens must pay taxes |
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the policy of summoning civilian men into military
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conscription/draft
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what is the tennis court oath?
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representatives of 3rd estate set to meet until they had a government
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the old european monarchies were reestablished by the
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congress of vienna
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the resentment of foreign rule and the desire to restore local customs are characteristics of
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nationalism
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louis XVI was executed after being accused of
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conspiring w/ foreign monarchies
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marie antoinette was executed after being accused of
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treason
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prerevolutionary french society was marked by gread social ___
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a. inequality
b. harmony c. mobility d. apathy |
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napoleon seized power by overthrowing the
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directory
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metternich's principle advocating the restoration of royal authority was called
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legitimacy
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three things that the delclaration of the rights of man guaranteed
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1. freedom of speech
2. freedom of religion 3. protection against arbitrary arrest |
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napoleon's invasoin of russia was motivated by
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czar not honoring continental system
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what is the committee of public safety
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revolutionary body that went after those not supporting the revolution
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who are the hapsburgs
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royal family of austria
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