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49 Cards in this Set
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First Republic Dates |
1792-1799 |
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Second Republic Dates |
1848-1852 |
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Third Republic Dates |
1876-1940 Longest Republic |
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Fourth Republic Dates |
1946-1958 |
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Fifth Republic Dates |
1958-Present |
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English Land Market Boom |
1580 Lords deprived peasants of rights of cultivation in open fields, yeoman took land from peasants |
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English Civil War |
Commercially minded upper class and yeomen vs. King and the Old Order > beheaded Charles I Not a class revolution/economic, religious, and constitutional issues Changed law and social relationships: rural elites w/ capitalists > no medieval peasantry > became rural laborers, joined urban workers, got poor relief |
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Glorious Revolution |
1688 Destruction of Absolute Monarchy in England > Committee of Lords (Parliament) Capitalist bourgeoisie > unimpeded by strong monarch, resting on new army and bureaucracy helped transition to parliamentary democracy |
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Britain in 1700s |
French Revolution halts talk of reform Upper Class closes itself off |
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Moore's views on the capitalist class and how it changes government |
growing capitalist class needed to protect its property rights and gain other freedoms, such as freedom to do international trade, without arbitrary interference by monarchy voice in tax policy > legislation > parliamentary system leads to a constitutional government |
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Royal Absolutism |
1643 - 1789 The 3 Louis Louis XIV: Versailles, continuation of feudal structure Louis XV: major economic reform, emergence of middle class on trade and commerce Louis XVI: Estates General > National Assembly, limited monarchy |
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The French Revolution |
1789 (Storming of the Bastille) - Robespierre and the Jacobins Greatly influenced by French philosophers: Montesquieu and Rousseau |
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Law of the Suspects |
Outlawed forms of thought and identity that did not associate with the Revolution or did associate with aristocracy, nobility, or those dismissed by the National Convention |
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Women's March on Versailles |
Drove Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from Versailles and placed them under house arrest |
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First Constitution in 1791 |
Attempted to combine monarchial power w/ democratic, legislation with a monarch's veto power |
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Confiscation of Church Property |
1790 Tried to make up for large debt from various factors > kept reissuing payments |
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette |
Caught attempting to escape > thought to be proof of conspiring w/ European powers to invade > Threats from Prussian gov't defending monarchy > Execution |
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Committee of Public Safety |
1793-1794 Reign of Terror: Systematic execution of aristocracy and sympathizers by Sans Culottes Also executed Robespierre's political rivals the Girondists (favored constitutional monarchy) Totalitarian Democracy, Extreme Journalism Ends with execution of Robespierre |
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First Napoleonic Empire |
1804-1814 Came into power by military coup 1812: Lost War against Russia Eventual exile of Napoleon (1814) |
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Restoration of Bourbon Monarchy |
1804-1830 Louis XVIII > Charles X > Napoleon captures Paris Battle of Waterloo: defeat of Napoleon |
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The Orleanist Monarchy |
1830-1848 July Revolution > Moderates Constitutional Monarchy: monarch and parliament |
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Revolution of 1848 |
Creation of the Second Republic Ended w/ military coup of Napoleon III |
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Second Napoleonic Empire |
1852-1870 Ended w/ Franco-Prussian War |
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Events of the Third Republic |
Military Resistance to Germans in Paris Paris Commune vs. Versailles Govt Thiers and McHanon: monarchists Boulanger Affair: strength of right-wing sentiments The Dreyfuss Affair: anti-semitism in France |
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World War I |
1914-1918 Extreme economic devastation and psychological devastation > polarization |
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Vichy France |
1940-1944 Military Dictatorship under Germany: direct military occupation Marshal Petain: pseudo-sovereign entity, Charles de Gaulle: disbanded the Resistance resuming political standpoints |
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Factors of Fourth Republic |
1946-1958 Strong National Assembly and Weak Executive NA: Proportional Representation Algerian Crisis > Disbandment of Republic |
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Beginning of the Fifth Republic |
Charles de Gaulle Strong Executive Powers Presidentialism (Right): need for unity and strong leadership Single-Member Districts Plebiscitary Democracy: Referendums |
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Republicanism |
Calls for weak executive and strong National Assembly Motion of Censure Will of the people > French Revolution |
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Motion of Censure |
An asterisk on a bill that is to be put up by cabinet > bill is NOT passed > no confidence in govt / resignation A parliament can choose not to vote on a bill and it will automatically become law > parliament stays in power, bill is passed, and motion of censure is null |
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Motion of Censure Requirements |
1. Requires 10% of signatures 2. 48 Hour Waiting Period 3. Absolute Majority |
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Structure of Current French Government |
President Prime Minister Constitutional Council: 9 Members Cabinet Parliament: National Assembly (Lower) and Senate (Upper) > Lower more powerful than upper |
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Current President of France |
Francois Hollande |
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Current Prime Minister and Duties |
Manuel Valls Chooses the Cabinet |
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Current Leader of the National Front and Founder of the NF |
Marine la Pen Jean-Marie la Pen |
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National Assembly Structure |
577 Members Elected by 2 Round Voting |
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Senate Structure |
348 Members Half elected every 3 years 150,000 Grand Electors, Indirect Election > favors rural areas |
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Presidential Election |
Run-off Voting |
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Prime Minister Election |
Nominated by the Majority Party in the National Assembly and appointed by the President |
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Article 8 |
President designates Prime Minister as purely discretional act |
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Article 12 |
President may dissolve the parliament at any given time: -must consult w/ council of ministers -cannot be done twice in a single year |
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Article 16 |
President may declare a consitutional crisis and suspend laws and issue decrees - Parliament must remain in session - president must consult with its leaders |
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Article 15 |
President is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces |
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Article 5 |
President has authority over Constitutional and foreign affairs |
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Article 11 |
President may call a referendum -on the proposal of the govt |
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Article 49, Section 1 Article 49, Section 2 Article 49, Section 3 |
-Cabinet and Prime Minister must submit policy agenda to National Assembly -Difficult to pass a motion of censure (requirements) -Parliament can pass on a bill and not vote, becomes law and Parl. stays in power |
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Article 20 Article 21 |
Sweeping authority over general and defense policy |
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Article 23 |
When elected to join Cabinet > must resign from the National Assembly |
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Article 44 |
The Blocked Vote: Can't propose any amendments, but must vote yes or no |
