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32 Cards in this Set
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Ancien Regime |
Political and social system Abolishment of hereditary monarchy and the feudal system |
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Three estates |
First - clergy Second - nobility Third - everyone else [97%] |
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Tennis Court Oath |
'Not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established |
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Storming of the Bastille |
Seen as a symbol of the monarch's abuse of power Its fall was the flashpoint of the revolution |
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Declaration of the Rights of Man |
A human civil rights document from the French Revolution |
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Jacobins |
Jacobin club - revolutionary political movement Mostly middle class Started as a debate society |
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Sans-cullotes |
Parisian working class Small shopkeepers Tradesmen Artisans |
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Committee of Public safety |
To oversee and speed up the work of the government during this crisis |
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Maximillian Robespierre |
French lawyer and politician Exerted his influence to suppress his political enemies during the Reign of Terror |
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Code Napoleon |
Unified legal code produced in post-revolutionary France and enacted by Napoleon in 1804 |
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Haitian Independence |
Conflicts between Haitian slaves, colonists, the armies of Britain and France, and a number of other parties. First country to be founded by former slaves |
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Continental System |
Foreign policy of Napoleon against Britain to block trade of countries Napoleon fought |
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Napoleon |
French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution |
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Congress of Vienna |
Assembled in 1814-15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars The most comprehensive treaty that Europe had ever seen |
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Industrial Revolution |
Transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe and the U.S. Began in Britain |
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James Watt |
Developed a workable steam engine with a separate condenser Technological impetus behind the Industrial revolution |
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Factory System |
Manufacturing using machinery and division of labor |
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Child labor |
Fined and beaten for being late Kids as young as 5 who worked 12-16 hr days got little pay |
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Thomas Malthus |
English economist and philosopher who is best known for his theory that population growth will always outpace the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction |
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Concervatism |
Political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture |
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Liberalism |
Political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the government, and equality before the law |
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Nationalism |
The belief that a particular culture or ethnic group constitutes a distinct people deserving of political self-determination |
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Greek revolution |
Greek War of Independence Waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman empire between 1821 and 1830 |
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Belgian revolution |
Led to the secession of southern provinces from the UK of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium |
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Bourbon Restoration |
Brothers of Louix 16th came to power Exiled supporters of monarchy returned Bourbon family were not able to reverse most of the changes made by French Revolution and Napoleon |
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Germania |
Painting created during the Revolutions of 1848 Reichsadler, olive branch, oak leaves |
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Cholera |
Infection of small intestine Spread by unclean water and food |
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Poor Laws |
Poor relief that developed out of Tudor-era laws Intended to curb cost of poor relief and address abuses of the old system |
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Jeremy Bentham |
Philosopher, jurist, social reformer Founder of modern utilitarianism Leading theorists in Anglo-American philosophy and law Political radical whites ideas influenced the creation of welfarism |
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Louis Pasteur |
Invented techniques to treat milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination |
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Joseph Lister |
Bacteria must never gain entry to an operation wound |
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Georges-Eugene Hausmann |
Carried out massive urban renewal program in France Prefect of Seine Department of France |
