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41 Cards in this Set
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Lavishly
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extravagantly in a wasteful manner
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democracy
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system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state
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bias
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prejudice in favor of or against one thing
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monopoly
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the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade
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louis XIV (16th)
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-king of France from 1643 to 1715
- "Louis the Great" and "the Sun King." -built a village for the nobles to live in near the palace |
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Maximilien Robespierre
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-radical leader
-opposed to any deals with monacrhy -destroyed anyoe who had sympathy for the old system -took control of the ntional assembly and revolution |
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Jean-Paul Marat
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-radical leader
-opposed to any deals with monacrhy -destroyed anyoe who had sympathy for the old system -took control of the ntional assembly and revolution -was murdered by charlotte in a bath -swiss |
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Jacques Danton
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-radical leader
-opposed to any deals with monacrhy -destroyed anyoe who had sympathy for the old system -took control of the ntional assembly and revolution |
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Committee of Public Safety
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-defend France against its enemies, foreign and domestic
-radical jacobins took over (robespierre) |
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Etat c'est moi
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-I am the nation
-how louis XIV saw himself in relation to his country |
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Third Estate
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-commons
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Declaration of the Rights of man and the citizen.
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-national assembly now met in paris
-sets out basic human rightd that governments may not overlook -john locke influenced it -guarenteed freedom of thought, speech religion, security and property -puts limits on the power the government has -everyone was given the title citizen -government controls church and the churches money -new gov. thought this would solve ecinomic problems |
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emigres
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people who leave one country for another
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National Convention
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a convention of a major political party
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Feudal System
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the ecinomic and social system
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tithe
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1/10 annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy
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despotism
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the exercise of absolute power, in a cruel and oppressive way
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tariff
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A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
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Louis XVI
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-he almost ruined the economy
-was not ready to be king -he did nothing to help the ecinomic crisis -middle class did not like him -married to marie antoinette |
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Estates General
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-a kind of parliment
-means only as a result of a royal command -included representatives for three states of france -1st estate clergy, 2nd aristocrats, 3rd middle class -even though there were more people in the 3rd estate they had to vote as a group -1st & 2nd classes had 2x amount of power as the middle class |
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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-national motto of France
-Liberty represents freedom -Equality can stand for being equal in law -fraternity is a word associated with the idea of community |
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exploitation
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the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
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guillotine
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A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
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reign of Terror
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-revolutionary government passed lots of harsh laws meant to inditidate of take away anyone who disagreed with the radical jacobins
-reorganization of the armed forces -bakeries are under state control -around 37 000 peopel were gullotined during this time -robespierre ruled france |
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citizen
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a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized
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illiterate
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person who is unable to read or write
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inference
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conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
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artisan
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a worker in a skilled trade,
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toll
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A charge payable for permission to use a particular bridge or road
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Marie- Antoinette
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-she was austrian
-austria was a enemy of france -peopel did not like her -extravagent -she created ecinomic crisses with her spending habits -she spent lots on herself while everyone else was suffering -had strong opinions |
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Tennis Court Oath
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-delegates retreated to royal tennis courts
-they were angry the king tried to lock up the site of their meeting -they pledged tgar they would continue meeting until france formed a new gov. -Louis was forced to back down and ordered the other 2 estates to join the national assembly |
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republic
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A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
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FIrst estate
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clergy
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Mirabeau
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"we will not leave except by force of the bayonet"
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fall of the bastille
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-riots over high priced bread
-mob began to attack cities prisons to free political prisoners -Louis sent paid soldiers to paris and the people started to arm themselves because they thought they were going to get hurt -july 14 1789 great mob attacked royal prison -the prison was soon captured -only 7 people in it -mob cut off governors head -king sent soliders away -paris formed new army and called it national gaurd |
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absolute monarchy
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Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government where the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state
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opinion
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view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
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inflation
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The action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated
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infrastructure
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The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities
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bourgeoisie
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The middle class
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bastille day
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july 14, the date of the storming of the Bastille in 1789, a national holiday in France.
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