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France's middle class |
part of the Third Estate, the bourgeoisie |
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Francis foreign threat when King Louis XVI begin to lose power |
Austria and Prussia |
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Reign of terror |
a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions |
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Electors |
Individuals qualified to vote in an election, only men were allowed |
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The first move after the coup d'etat |
He made peace with the Catholic Church |
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Nationalism |
The unique cultural identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols |
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Battle of Waterloo |
British vs France, Napoleon was King of France and Duke Ellington was of Britain, took place June 18th, 1815 in Waterloo |
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How did the Russians defeat Napoleon's Grand Army |
The Russians retreated and burned their own villages and countryside. They deprived the French from recourses and replenished themselves and forced Napoleon to retreat |
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How is someone promoted in Napoleon's new bureaucracy |
They were promoted based on ability |
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Maximilian Robespierre |
Was one of the most important revolutionary leaders, he was eager to pursue the reign of terror, he was also the leader of the Committee of Public Safety |
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Girondins |
Steered radical mobs in Paris, they wanted to keep the King alive, they were located out of the city |
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Mountains |
Represented the interests of radicals on the city of Paris, wanted to kill the king, located inside the city |
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What group took political power from the Legislative Assembly |
The Paris Commune |
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Declaration of the Rights of Man |
Proclaimed freedom and equal rights for all men, access to the public office based on talent |
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Who could make laws under the constitution of 1791 |
The Legislative Assembly |
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The third estate |
the French bourgeoisie and working class before the French Revolution |
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What were the two major reasons Napoleon's Grand Empire collapsed |
The survival of Great Britain and nationalism |
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What were the three major parts of Napoleon's Grand Empire |
The French Empire, dependent States, and allied States |
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What did Napoleon's coup d'etat overthrow |
The government of the directory |
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How did the National Convention affect religion |
It made dechristianization |
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What was the original intention of the Committee of Public Safety |
To defend France from foreign threats |
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Sans-culottes |
Normal people without fine clothes |
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How did the civil constitution of the clergy effect bishops and priests |
Bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state |
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How was king Louis forced to accept the National Assembly's decree |
Thousands of armed Parisian woman descended on the place and captured him and his family |
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Tennis Court Oath |
Allowed to continue to meet until they produced a French Constitution |
