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55 Cards in this Set
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What is a political ideology in which they glamorize tradition and a return to a previous state of being? |
Conservatism |
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What is a political ideology that pushes for individual freedoms, guaranteed rights or being, expression and thought? |
Liberalism |
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What is a belief in the superiority of a nation's ideas or concepts? |
Nationalism |
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What is the Old Regime? |
Social and political system in place before the French Revolution |
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What is a king or queen without limitations on their power and pass that power down through their generations called? |
Absolute Monarch |
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What is the Divine Right? |
A belief that the Kings power is derived from the will of god and questioning the King would be questioning God himself |
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Who made the first estate? |
Clergy (members of the church) Catholic |
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Where did the upper clergy came from? |
Wealthy families/nobles and paid no taxes |
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Who made up the lower clergy? |
Poorer and lived among the people, but still paid no taxes |
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Who made up the second estate? |
Nobles |
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How much taxes did the second estate pay? |
Paid very little taxes even though they owned a big chuck of France |
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Who made up of third estate? |
Made up of everyone else farmers, serfs, artisans, city workers, and the middle class |
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Who is the middle class? |
Bourgeoisie |
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How much taxes did the third estate pay? |
Paid about fifty percent of their income of taxes, they owned one half of the land, one small farm at a time (they made up of ninety percent of the population) |
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What is the legislative body in the Old regime? |
The Estates General |
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How did the Estates general work? |
Each estate met separately and each came out and cast one vote (two thirds won, and the first and second Estates voted together |
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What did the Bourgeoisie wanted? |
Wanted what the American middle-class had earned in the American Revolution (liberty and equality) |
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Who gave different tax rates to different groups? |
Louis XVI |
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Who is the Sun King? |
Louis XIV |
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When did the Estates general met? |
Since 1614 but Louis had to raise taxes |
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Who led the third estate? |
The middle class |
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What did the middle class argued about? |
The way Estates general voted was unfair |
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Who called them together in 1787 in Versailles? |
Louis the XVI |
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How many delegates would meet in the same room and each would get a vote? |
All Twelve hundred delegates |
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How many delegates did the first Estates had? |
Three hundred delegates |
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How many delegates did the second estate had? |
Three hundred delegates |
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How many delegates did the third estate had? |
Six hundred delegates |
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How many thirds were required to pass a law? |
Two thirds |
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When did the third estate tried to force the other two estates to meet together? |
On June 17, 1789 |
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When did the third estate tried to force the other two estates to meet together? |
On June 17, 1789 |
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What constitution did the third estate went to the indoor tennis court of Versailles and rowed not to leave? |
The Tennis Court Oath |
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When did the third estate tried to force the other two estates to meet together? |
On June 17, 1789 |
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What constitution did the third estate went to the indoor tennis court of Versailles and rowed not to leave? |
The Tennis Court Oath |
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After one week, what legislative body that the king gave in and ordered the first and second estates to join? |
The National Assembly (the second legislative body of France) |
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When did the third estate tried to force the other two estates to meet together? |
On June 17, 1789 |
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What constitution did the third estate went to the indoor tennis court of Versailles and rowed not to leave? |
The Tennis Court Oath |
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After one week, what legislative body that the king gave in and ordered the first and second estates to join? |
The National Assembly (the second legislative body of France) |
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How many troops did Louis XVI sent to attempt to maintain his power to Versailles? |
18,000 troops |
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When did the third estate tried to force the other two estates to meet together? |
On June 17, 1789 |
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What constitution did the third estate went to the indoor tennis court of Versailles and rowed not to leave? |
The Tennis Court Oath |
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After one week, what legislative body that the king gave in and ordered the first and second estates to join? |
The National Assembly (the second legislative body of France) |
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How many troops did Louis XVI sent to attempt to maintain his power to Versailles? |
18,000 troops |
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When did the people of Paris to gather outside of the Bastille? |
July 14, 1789 |
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What was a stone prison for the third estate and a symbol of oppression? |
The Bastille |
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What was a stone prison for the third estate and a symbol of oppression? |
The Bastille |
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What did they also stored in the Bastille? |
Army stored guns and gunpowder |
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What was a stone prison for the third estate and a symbol of oppression? |
The Bastille |
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What did they also stored in the Bastille? |
Army stored guns and gunpowder |
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Who's heads were on poles? |
Mayor's and commander |
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What was a stone prison for the third estate and a symbol of oppression? |
The Bastille |
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What did they also stored in the Bastille? |
Army stored guns and gunpowder |
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Who's heads were on poles? |
Mayor's and commander |
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When was it a national holiday for the 2nd win of the third estate? |
July 14 |
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What event was a peasant led mob trough out the country side of Paris, burning down houses, killing nobles and destroying records of debt? |
The Great Fear |
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Who were the nobles that survived fled the country to other parts of Europe called? |
Emigres (emigre is to come out, emigrated to come in) |
