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23 Cards in this Set
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Plebiscite |
a vote by the people of an entire country to decide on some issue (Napoleon as emperor) |
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Coup d'etat |
Overthrowing of the system of government |
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Concordat of 1801 |
Napoleon was given the right to nominate bishops. |
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Continental System |
the blockade against Britain |
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Peninsular War |
war between french, spanish, british, and portuguese |
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Invasion of Russia |
Napoleon invaded Russia, but failed. |
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Lycee |
Napoleon funded secondary schools in France. |
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Napoleonic Code |
A code legislated by Napoleon |
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Nationalism |
a nation is formed by an assembly of people with a common identity |
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Congress of Vienna |
assembly that reorganized Europe |
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What is the Estates General? |
An assembly made from groups in the first, second, and third estates. (clergy, nobles, bourgeoisie) |
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Louis XIV |
An Absolute King of France |
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National Assembly |
The new Estates General |
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Tennis Court Oath |
the national assembly would stay on the tennis court to write a constitution
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The Storming of Bastille |
A mob attack on the armed royal officials which became a symbol on triumph over despotism |
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The Great Fear |
A panic that spread over France |
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen |
A French document inspired by the enlightenment |
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Jethro Tull |
creator of the seed drill and iron plow |
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Eli Whitney |
Cotton Gin |
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Thermidorian Reaction |
the reaction to the radical phase of the revolution (they turned against Robespierre) |
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Georges Danton |
First Leader of the Committee of Public Safety (later executed by Maximilien) |
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Napoleon's Reforms |
Lycee (gov funded secondary schools) building of banks reestablishment of the catholic church napoleonic code meritocracy |
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Problems with Napoleon and his code |
secret police censorship limited rights for women |
