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22 Cards in this Set
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Estate System
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Social system that existed since the Middle Ages in France
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bourgeoisie
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middle class
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Estates-General
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Was French parliament; King Louis XVI called meeting to raise new taxes due to financial crisis in government
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Bastille
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French prison & armory
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Document that stated the rights of man (liberty, property, security, etc)
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Declared equal rights, all citizens allowed to take part in making laws, & gave freedom of speech
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Paris Commune
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Radical political groups (declaring themselves a commune) organized a mob to attack royal palace & Legislative Assembly
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Forced Assembly to suspend monarchy & call for National Convention
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Committee of Public Safety
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Created to meet potential conflicts
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Special committee of 12 members given broad powers in the government
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Lead by Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre
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guillotine
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a device used to behead people
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Directory
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Council of Elders elected 5 directors to make up executive committee
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Tennis Court Oath
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Members of National Assembly swore to continue to meet until they produced a French constitution
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coup d’etat
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over thronging of a government
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Consulate
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Was technically still a republic
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Position of Consul basically served the as the president
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Napoleonic Code
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Helped preserve revolutionary ideals such as equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, abolition of serfdom, right to choose a profession, etc
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Continental System
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Idea was to defeat them by destroying their economy
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Continental System
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Idea was to defeat them by destroying their economy.
Did not work because most European countries ignored system & traded with them anyway |
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Dechristianization
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try to take away the Christianity church
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Reign of Terror
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The committee set up efforts in France to meet crisis at home
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