French Revolution Flashcards

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jacques necker

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financial advisor for Louis, advised to reduce spending and tax first and second estate

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cahiers

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notebooks written by each estate telling about their grievances

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National Assembly

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group of third estate bourgeosie who wanted to create a constitution

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bastille

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a midieval fort raided by revolutionaries

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nationalism

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extreme pride for one's country

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tennis court oath

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oath taken to form national assembly after third estate locked out of estates general

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where national assembly could meet

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anywhere there are members together

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the great fear

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rumors that first and second estate did bad, taboo things to first estate

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possible starters of great fear

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louis--to scare people into conformity or by third estate--to catalyze the revolution

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the decrees of august fourth

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when special privileges of second "officially" lost (although they were already kind of taken away)

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declaration of the rights of man and the citizen

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declared all citizens equal before the law (similar to us const.-- right to life, liberty, property and resistance to oppression)

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meritocracy

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earning a job based on ability, not birth family or socio-economic status

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civil constitution of the clergy

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when church becomes regulated by state

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constitution of 1791

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set up a limited monarchy in the place of an absolute monarchy, added meritocracy and created elections (for property owning white men)

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declaration of plinitz

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a threat to revolutionaries from austria/prussia saying if they would intervene to protect the french monarchy, if need be

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sans-culottes

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working class men and women

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Jacobins

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supporters of sans-culottes, the more radical bourgeousie, dominate the national convention

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Girondins

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liberal bourgeousie, wanted small de-centralized government, made of mostly intellects/business people

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soverignty

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the right to rule yourself (for people by people)

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October Days

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Louis denies the DORMC and the decrees, and 20,000 people march, and he finally agrees to DORMC and decrees

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Legislative Assembly

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group that took charge after monarchy was abolished

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emigres

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nobles, clergy and others who fled revolutionary france

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committee of public safety

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created to deal with threats to france, also to eliminate counter-revolutionaries/traitors

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Maximilien Robespierre

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head of committee of public safety

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the directory

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created by constitution of 1795 as a 5 man committee that worked with a 2 house legislature

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le marsailles

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french national anthem

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jacque louis david

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a popular artist, comissioned to paint napolean and tennis court oath

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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group that created the Committee of public safety

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jacobins

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consulate

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three man governing system made after directory overthrown

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Concordat of 1801

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agreement between napolean and the church keeping church under state control, but allowing religious freedom for catholics

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Napoleonic Code

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new laws embodying revolutionary principles--equality of citizens before law, religious tolerance, and meritocracy

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battle of trafalgar

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battle in which napolean tried to invade britain, but was unsuccessful

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confederation of rhine

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group created by napolean that replaced rulers of the holy roman empire

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continental system

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laws trying to hurt british economy, closed british ports to european trade

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plebliscite

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ballot where voters agree/disagree on an issue

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congress of vienna

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where a lot of european countries met to create balance of power and preserve monarchies

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city where napolean was born

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cosica, in the mediterranean

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geurilla warfare

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hit and run raids

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concert of europe

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a peacekeeping organization, leaders in it tried to keep balanced power and suppress any uprisings that came from french revolution ideals