French Revolution Unit 2 Exam

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Thomas Hobbes

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-Beilieved that people were naturally CRUEL, GREEDY, and SELFISH.
-That life in the state of nature, without a form of laws, would be solitary, POOR, NASTY, BRUTISH, and SHORT
-MONARCHY WAS THE BEST GOVERNMENT

Hint 1

BAD people

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John Lock

Back 2

-Natural rights from birth= LIFE,LIBERY, and PROPERTY
-Purpose of government is to protect natural rights.
-People have the right, or duty, to overthrow the government if the government fails in its obligation.

Hint 2

life, liberty, and property

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Montasgue

Back 3

-French LAWYER and PHILOSOPHER
-Frote the SCRIPT OF THE LAWS in 1748
-Believed that seperation of powers was the best way to protect liberty
-Developed the concept of checks and balances, which was later written into the US consitution

Hint 3

Lawyer AND philosopher

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Voltaire

Back 4

-His books were cencored and burned
-Targeted corrupt officials and idle aristocrats
-Hated slave trade

Hint 4

"I may not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend your right to say it."

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Rousseau

Back 5

-Believed people were originally good but corrupted.
-4things that corrupted society:
Property, Agriculture, Comerce, and Science
-Government should be based on the consent of the governed

Hint 5

4 things that corrupted men of society

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Who were the 3 primary players in Reformation and what did they stand for?

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-Martin Luther: NO SELLING FORGIVNESS; faith in god should be noted in love, ont fear
-John Calvin: GO LUTHER! (agreed); faith over all works!; the bible is the basis for all teachings
-Henry VII: REFORMATION GOOD FOR ME (because he wanted a divorce); broke away because POPE WOULDNT GIVE HIM A DIVORCE

Hint 6

Lutherans, Calvins, king _____

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Battle of Hastings

Back 7

1066

Front 8

Magna Carta

Back 8

1215

Front 9

Declaration of Independace

Back 9

1776

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Rise of Napolean

Back 10

1793

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3 ideals associated with Renaissance

Back 11

Faith in human nature, reverence for physical beauty, and belief in spiritual perfection

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Purpose of the US Constitution

Back 12

To explain our rights as Americans

Hint 12

LAWS

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Purpose of the Declaration of Independance

Back 13

To explain why we seperated from the British and to gain support from other countries.

Hint 13

NOT LAWS

Front 14

Puporse of the English Bill of Rights of Man

Back 14

Sums up the powers that Parliment has been seeking since the pettition of Rights in 1628

Hint 14

Struggle between parliament and monarchs

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Purpose of the Magna Carta

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To back up:
-The nobles had certain rights
-The monarchs must obey the laws

Hint 15

MEANS A GREAT CHARTER

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What are your natural rights?

Back 16

Rights that belong to humans from birth

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Who was on the committee to write the Declaration of Independace?

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Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston

Hint 17

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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3 esates

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1:CLERGY, owned 10% of land;collected tithes;PAID NO TAXES
2:NOLBES; defended land. top jobs in government;ARMY;owned land but little money
3: majiority of population; 27MILLON PEOPLE; many workers, farmers

Hint 18

Social ladder

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What does Rennaissance mean?

Back 19

The rebirth of something (a country or civilisation)

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Who made up the Bourgeoisie?

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3rd estate= prospurous bankers, merchants, and manufacturers who were the basis of the French economy

Hint 20

MIDDLE CLASS

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What's the difference between Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, and William the Conqueror?

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Adams=out-spoken and strong
Jefferson=quiet, but has alot to say. wrote well
Franklin=cowardly, humerous, selfish somewhat
William the C.= strong leader

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How did voting work at the Estates-General?

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-Louis XVI had each estate create cashiers, note bookes, listing their grievences.
-Members from the 3rd estate were elected
-Only propertied men could vote

-After weeks of stalemate, they finally created the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Hint 22

Tennis Court Oath

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1)What was the National Assembly Period called?

2)What man led it?

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1)The "Great Fear"

2)Marquis de Lafayette

Hint 23

Dakota

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Who sat on the 2 wings of the National Assembly?

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The Jacobians (Left wing) and the Girdinists(Right wing)

Hint 24

left and right

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What were their political beliefs?

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Right= Those who felt reform had gone far enough and wanted to go back to the old ways.

Left= Wanted to abolish the monarchy and wanted other outragious things passed.

Hint 25

liberals and conservatives

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What political position allowed Napolean to rise?

Back 26

Robespierre falling into his own trap and King Louis and Marie Anntionette being beheaded.

Hint 26

MISFORTUNE FOR SOME IS OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS!!!

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How did Napolean get support from the various factions?

Back 27

They liked what he stood for.

REPLACED LIBERTY,EQUALITY,& FRATERNITY with ORDER, SECURITY,& EFFICIENCY

Hint 27

emergres, modernizing economy

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Who were the king and queen at the start of the French Revolution and where did they come from?

Back 28

King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette; Austria

Hint 28

beheaded

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3 reasons why France what in debt in the 18th century

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1)Years of the government spending more money than it takes in
2)Louis XVI having costly wars
3)Bad harvest that caused food prices to raise

Hint 29

France gets in over its head

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What did the Revolution do to Feudalism in France?

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The 2nd estate people no longer owned land. Napolean basically took it all

Hint 30

STEALS LAND

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How destructive are factions to the healthy functioning of a democracy?

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Factions can question, attempt overrule, and "run the system" because they feel they have the right or they have to much freedom

Front 32

Differentiate:
1)The battle of the nile
2)Austerlitz
3)Battle for Russia
4)Waterloo

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1)Early in his regn: Clean defeat
2)1805: French attack, Russia-Austria fight back, French comes back, prevails
3) Napolean and his troops try to invade Russia, Russia leaves the country, travels eatward and burns all food/shelter supplies on the way, Nap.'s troops suffer.
4)1815: The attack of Napolean after her tried to regain power but only had it for 100 days

Hint 32

Getting harder over time

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What groups led a counterrevolution?

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Russia, Britain, Austria, and Pursia

Hint 33

The countries he conquered earlier

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"Absolute power corrupts absolutly"

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Robespierre with the Regin of Terror: he had absolute power in creating the reign of terror, but it got so out of control that it back fired and he ended up getting killed himself from something he created.

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"Charisma, not consitution, formed the basis of legitimate government in the 18th century France"

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King Louis XVI: He had alot of charm but was a terrible leader, which is why the so-called legitimate governement in the 18th century failed miserably.

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"In the absense of legitamate government, power prevails."

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Napolean's rise to power: When Robbespierre died and Louis XVI and Marie Antionette died, Napolean saw the opportunity to prevail and rule France.

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What government came after the National Assembly?

What political group was in charge of it?

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-Legislative Assembly

-Sans-Culottes

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

Back 38

-A declaration the National Assembly made up saying that the monarch did not hold absolute power over the people.

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Guerilla

Back 39

Hit and run raids against the French.

Hint 39

LITTLE WAR

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Abdicate

Back 40

Stepped down from power.

Hint 40

What Napolean did after the Battle of Waterloo

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Tri-color

Back 41

A red,white, and blue badge which eventually became the French flag

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Emigre

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Nobles, clergy, and others who had fled revolutionary France