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French Revolution
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9th Grade
02/09/2009

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Term
1st estates=


2nd estates=


3rd estates=
Definition
1.) clergy (exempt from taxes)

2.)nobles(exempt)

3.) everyone else ( payed taxes)
Term
everyone pays same amount of taxes=

tax on assumption, sales tax=

more you make, more you pay=
Definition
1.) flat
2.) fair
3.) progressive
Term
June 20th, 1789
what happened?
Definition
Tennis Court Oath
Term
Who created the Declaration of Rights of Men and the Citizen?
Definition
the National Assembly
Term
July 14th, 1789
what happened?
Definition
the storming of Bastille
Term
The Girondins wanted to spare Louis XVI. True or False?
Definition
True
Term
The Mountains did not want to try and execute Louis XVI. True or False?
Definition
False
Term
Who rules France after Louis' death?
Definition
The Committee of Public Saftey
Term
Around how many people were guillotined during the Reign of Terror?
Definition
30,000
Term
The month and year of the Thermidorian reaction.
Definition
July 1795
Term
what year did the C.o.P.S eliminate the old calendar and make a new one? what was the first date of the calendar?
Definition
1792; September 22nd, 1792
Term
In 1799, Napoleon lead a coup d'etat to take down the.....
Definition
rapid overthrow of the government
Term
Napoleon was a very religious man. True of False?
Definition
False; he was a people pleaser, simply "believed" in what the people wanted
Term
What year was the Louisiana Purchase?
Definition
1803
Term
Napoleon was exiled to a tiny island called Elba. Then, he soon went back to Paris. What is this time called?
Definition
the 100 days
Term
What happened on June 20th, 1815?
Definition
Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, Belgium
Term
Date of Napoleon's death.
Definition
May 5th, 1821
Term
When was Napoleon's coronation?
Definition
1804
Term
Josephine and Napoleon were married on....
Definition
March 9th, 1796
Term
1st phase?
2nd phase?
3rd phase?
Definition
1789-1791

1791-1793

1793-1794
Term
the name of the economic system of 18th century continental Europe
Definition
Old Regime
Term
slogan for French Revolution
Definition
liberty, equality, and fraternity
Term
percentage of population for each estate
Definition
1st- .5%
2nd- 1.5%
3rd- 98%
Term
percentage of taxes paid by each estate
Definition
1st- 0%
2nd- 0%
3rd- 100%
Term
When was the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen written? By who?
Definition
1791; Olympe de Gouges
Term
What was the problem with the French Constitution of 1791?
Definition
it only granted limited monarchy and the ELECTED legislative assembly passed the laws
Term
Who were the sans-culottes?
Definition
they were militia who didn't wear the normal attire.
Term
years of the Reign of Terror
Definition
1793-94
Term
what was the T.R. a reaction to?
Definition
the chaos and extreme politics during the years of Robespierre
Term
What was the purpose of the Continental System?
Definition
to take down the Irish and British and to seize them from power
Term
What was the Congress of Vienna?
Definition
conference of European ambassadors
Term
When the C.o.P.S. tried to de-Christianize France, what were the churches renamed as?
Definition
Temples of Reason
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