Ch. 7 World History Vocabulary

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Congress of Vienna

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Series of meetings of European powers to ensure the security and stability of a new European order after Napolean's defeat.

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Hundred Days

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Napoleon's last bid for power.

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Concert of Europe

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Alliance devised by Metternich to ensure that nations would help one another if revolution broke out.

Prevent outbreak of revolution.

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plebiscite

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Vote of the people.

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Estates-General

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An assembly of representatives from all three social classes in France

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Old Regime

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The social and political system of France in the 1770s.

Split France into three estates.

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Louis XVI

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Kind of France in the 1770s and the 1780s, known for his extravagant spending.

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estate

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One of three social classes in France in the late 1770s.

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Tennis Court Oath

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The pledge by third estate delegates to meet until they had drawn up a new constitution.

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Marie Antoinette

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The queen of France who spent so much money that she was called "Madame deficit".

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Legislative Assembly

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New law-making body created by the constitution adopted in1791 by the National Assembly.

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Maximilian Robespierre

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The Jacobin leader who ruled over the Reign of Terror, in which thousands of French citizens were executed.

"Republic of virtue"

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Klemens Von Metternich

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The foreign minister of Austria who wanted to restore a balance of power in Europe.

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Continental System

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Napoleon's blockade of Europe's ports, which was intended to make continental Europe more self sufficient and destroy Great Britain's economy.

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National Assembly

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French Congress established by Third estate delegates, pass laws and reforms in the name of the people.

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Great Fear

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Wave of senseless panic that spread through French country side after the storming of the Bastille.

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émigré

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Term used to describe nobles who had fled France and who hoped to restore the Old Regime.

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Sans-culottes

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Parisian workers who wanted extremely radical change in government.

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Changes the sans-culottes wanted

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a greater voice in gov., lower prices, and an end to food shortages.

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Jacobin

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Radical political organization that in September 1792 abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.

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Reign of Terror

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Period of time during which Maximilian Robespierre governed France.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Defended the delegates against royalist rebels with s cannonade.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Led French army against Austria and Sardinia and led an expedition to Egypt.

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coup d'etat

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Sudden seizure of political power in a nation.

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Lycées

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Government run public school in France.

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Concordat

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Formal agreement - especially between the pope and the government dealing with the control of church affairs.

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Napoleonic Code

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Comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.

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Battle of Trafalgar

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Naval battle in which Napoleons's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson.

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blockade

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The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city.

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Guerillas

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Members of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country.

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Peninsular war

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Conflict in which Spain rebels with British forces aid, fought to drive Napoleon's French troops out of Spain.

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Scorched-Earth policy

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Practice of burning crops and livestock during wartime so that the enemy can't live off the land.

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Waterloo

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Napoleon attacked British near this village. British and Prussia defeated Napoleon and ended his last bid for power.

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balance of power

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No country would be a threat to others.

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legitimacy

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The hereditary right of a monarch to rule.

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Holy Alliance

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League of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, after the Congress of Vienna.

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The first deliberate act of revolution by France's Third Estate.

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to vote to establish a law-making body.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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Slogan for members of the French Revolution.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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Slogan for members of the French Revolution.

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Radicals

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Members of the Legislative Assembly who opposed the idea of monarchy and wanted sweeping governmental change.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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Slogan for members of the French Revolution.

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Radicals

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Members of the Legislative Assembly who opposed the idea of monarchy and wanted sweeping governmental change.

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Directory

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Executive body created in 1795 as a part of a new plan of government.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by National Assembly.

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Georges Danton

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Well-known Jacobin and lawyer eventually executed for being less radical than Robespierre.

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Maximilian Robespierre

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Became leader of the Committee of Public Safety CPS and ruled France virtually as a dictator.