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39 Cards in this Set
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Czar
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Russian term meaning Caesar, used for Russian King
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Estates-General
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French Parliament under Louis XVI
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Duke of Wellington
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Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
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Charles I
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Executed in the English Civil War
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Peter the Great
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Introduced western customs & ways to Russia
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Marie Antoinette
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Wife of Louis XVI
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Trafalgar
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Naval Battle that ensured Napoleon could never invade Britain
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Waterloo
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Site of NApolean's final defeat
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Directory
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Government overthrown by Napolean
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Robespierre
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Head of the Committee of Public Safety
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Coup d'etat
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Sudden overthrown of the government
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Elba
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Island where Napoleon was exiled the 1st time
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Bourgeoisie
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Merchants, bankers, professionals, etc.
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Copernicus
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1st to argue that the sun was the center of the universe
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Tennis Court Oath
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Pledge to continue to meet until a new constitution written
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Hugenots
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French protestants
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George Washington
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Commander of the Continental Army
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Absolutism
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System of government in which ruler holds total power
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Edict of Nantes
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Gave religious tolerance to the Hugenots
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St. Helena
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Island Napoleon exiled the 2nd time
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Articles of Confederation
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America's 1st constitution
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Relics of Feadulaism
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Aristocratic privileges
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Philosphes
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Intellectuals of the Enlightment
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"I think, therefore I am."
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Descartes
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Napoleon's military force
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Grand Army
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Guillitone
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Use to execute opponents of the Revolution.
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John Locke
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Believed people were molded by their experiences
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Sans-culottes
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Ordinary people without fine clothing
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July 14, 1789
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The storming of the Bastille
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Richelieu
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King Louis XIII's advisor
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France's religious wars were between who?
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Huguenots vs. Catholics
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The Sun King was...
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Louis XIV
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Palace of ......
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Versailles
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Thirty Years War fought over what 3 main things?
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Religion, territory, and power
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Thomas Hobbs believed that...
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all people were naturally selfish and wicked and needed government in order to keep order
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American Revolutions Acts:
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Navigation, Sugar, Quartering, Stamp, Tea, & Intolerable Acts.
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1st estate was made up of-
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Roman Catholic Church
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2nd estate was made up of-
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aristocrats
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3rd estate was made up of-
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everybody else
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