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17 Cards in this Set
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Old Regime
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system of pre-revolutionary France; society was divided into 3 estates
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Estates General
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traditional body of representatives which could be called on to advised the monarch of France; it met as three equal groups of delegates, one for each of the three estates
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French king who married the Austrian
princess, Marie Antoinette, at age 15; he was a poor leader and husband |
Louis XVI (16th)
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Marie Antoinette
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Austrian wife of Louis XVI; was not liked by the French people; she spent money on luxury while the people were poor and hungry
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called the "national razor," it was
invented by a physician as a more human form of execution |
guillotine
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National Assembly
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Name taken by members of the Third Estate as they met on the tennis court and demanded a contitution
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Flight of the Royals
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Louis XVI and his family tried to escape to Austria; they were returned to Paris after he was recognized near the border
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March to Versailles
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Women march to Versailles to demand bread; the ransack the palace and back Marie and Louis back to Paris where they become virtual prisoners in the palace at the Tuilleries.
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Jacobins
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the radical political club which was led by Robespierre
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the Great Fear
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rumor was that the nobles were going to send thugs to go kill and torture peasants. peasants then burned nobles houses to destroy tax records; fear led to panic all around France
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feudal dues
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These were taxes paid by peasants to their lords; the peasants were taxed too severly
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once a medieval castle, it served as
a prison and armory for the nobility; it was also the target of the first violent outbreak of revolution |
Bastille
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Sans-culottes
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urban and poor radicals who wanted revenge for years of inequality; they dresses in blue white and red and wore long pants and caps
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Tennis Court Oath
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After the 3rd Estate was locked out of their meeting hall, they gathered to take the ___ ___ ___ which demanded thet the king accept a new constitution.
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Bourgeoisie
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Members of the Third Estate who made of the growing "middle class" / Many were as wealth as aristocrats, but did not have the same rights as aristocrats / they paid 50% in taxes
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Declaration of Rights of Man -1789
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This document, signed by Louis XVI, gave French men equal rights for the first time in history.
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deficit spending
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when government officials spend more money to run the state than they raise in taxes and other fees
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