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French Revolution
This goes over the entire french revolution like battles, important people,revolts, and places.
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9th Grade
10/20/2009

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(front of card) 1st Estate
Definition
(back of card)clergy;owned 10% of land, not taxed, collected tithes(tithes are you it gives 10% of whatever people earn to church ex. money, chickens etc.)
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(front of card)2nd Estate
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(back of card)nobles;held high position in the church,courts, gov. and army; had land but little money. Not taxed.
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(front of card) 3rd Estate
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(back of card) Had 27 million people 98% of populatio
-paid all taxes
-Rural peasants *some owned land others rented land or worked as laborers
-urban workers(city people)
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(front of card) Bourgeois
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(back of card) middle class ex. bankers, merchants, doctors, gov. workers(bureacrats)
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(front of card) Necker
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(back of card) Was King Louis financial adviser who the king brought in to help economy; gets fired for trying to tax 1st and 2nd estate.
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(front of card) Deficit Spending
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(back of card) when the gov. spends more money than it takes in.
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(front of card) Tennis Court Oath
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(back of card)Was a pledge to "never to seperate and to meet wherever the circumnstances might require until we have established a sound a just constitution."
-Delegates from 3rd estate were elected; only property men could vote
-took place on May 1789
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(front card) Storming of the Bastille
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(back of card)Took place on July 14th, 1789.800 Parisians stormed and killed all prisoners in Bastille
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(front of card) Civil Constitution of Clergy
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(back of card)Gov. took controll over catholic church
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(front of card)Decleration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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(back of card) written before 1791 constitution quality of all citizens, this did not include women.
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(front of card) Constitution of 1791
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(back of card) The constitution replaced the old provinces with 83 departments, seemed to complete constitution, ensured equality for men.
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(front of card) Limited Monarchy
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(back of card)a constitution or legaslative body limits the monarches power.
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(front of card)emigre
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(back of card)person who flee's his/her country for political reasons.
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(front of card)Sans Culottes
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(back of card)working class people who were long pants and believed that they were the true representatives of France
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(front of card) September Massacres
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(back of card) Attached prisons in France before reign of terror, concetrated on priests and nobles.
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(front of card)Reign of Terror
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(back of card) Many people die alot of problems with gov. and guiotteen becomes very popular.
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(front of card) Maxamilien Robspierre
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(back of card) Shrewed lawyer and politician. quickly rose to power and leadership of the Committee of Public Saftey. He believed terror was the only way for france to see a republice virtue. Head chief of reign of terror. Lasted from 1793-1794
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(front of card) Napoleonic Code
Definition
(back of card) Embodied Enlightment principles such as equality of all citizens befor the law, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit.
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(front of card)Napoleans last place of exile?
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(back of card) Saint Helena
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(front of card) Congress of Vienna
Definition
(back of card) Meeting of many Europe leader, they redrew map of Europe to make sure that it was surrounded by strong countries.

Problems: Alliances were made, & and they didn't think of the poeple living in each country.
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(front of card) Ireland
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(back of card) to the left of United Kingdom and below Iceland
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(front of card) France
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(back of card) Below United Kingdom
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(front of card)Belgium
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(back of card) Tiny little thing above France
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(front of card) Switzerlan
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(back of card) In the middle to the right of France
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(front of card) Luxembourg
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(back of card) Really little dot below belgium
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(front of card) Denmark
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(back of card) above germany and far right of United Kingdom
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(front of card) Netherlands
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(back of card) Above Belgium
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