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39 Cards in this Set

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