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| Name for the three classes of French society |
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| Clergy and nobles did not pay these |
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| Class of people most in favor of change |
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| Wife of the French king, charming and irresponsible |
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| Members of the First Estate |
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| Members of the Second Estate |
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| Members of the Third Estate |
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| everyone, except for the clergy and nobility |
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| The people had none of these before the Revolution. |
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| individual rights (or personal liberties) |
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| Foreign event that strongly influenced French thinking. |
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| Foreign war that drained the French treasury in the 1770s |
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| the American Revolutionary War |
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| Body called to meet for the first time in 175 years |
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| French king before and during the Revolution |
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| Lack of this caused the king to call on the assembly. |
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| Number of votes each estate had in the Estates-General |
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| Site of the costly French court |
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| The three subdivisions of the Third Estate |
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| the bourgeoisie, manual workers, serfs and peasants |
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| The traditional political/social system of France before the Revolution |
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| Intellectual movement - strongly influenced French thinking about reform |
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| How the Third Estate insisted the Estates must meet |
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| What the Third Estate declared themselves to be in 1789 |
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| Pledge taken by the Third Estate to write a constitution |
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| Parisian fort taken by a mob on July 14, 1789 |
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| "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" |
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| Source of government authority, according to the Declaration |
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| The wave of killing from 1793 to 1794 |
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| Instrument used for execution |
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| Fate of Louis XVI and his wife |
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| Government of five directors under the third constitution |
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| Leader of extreme radicals, assassinated in his bath |
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| The two leaders of the radical Jacobins |
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| Two countries that invaded France in 1792 |
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| The three different groups in the Legislative Assembly |
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| the radicals, moderates, and conservatives |
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| Type of government set up by the Constitution of 1791 |
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| a constitutional (limited) monarchy |
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| The National Assembly took away this institution's land |
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| The royal family and National Assembly moved to this city |
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| Document that stated the Revolution's principles |
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| the Declaration of the Rights of Man |
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| French flag of three colors adopted in 1789 |
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| The two reforms passed by the National Assembly in August 1789 |
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| abolishing both serfdom and tax exemptions for nobles and clergy |
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| City government of Paris set up by radicals |
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| Elected group that governed France from 1792 to 1795 |
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| Radical court that tried enemies of the Revolution |
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| the Revolutionary Tribunal |
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| Committee that directed the army |
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| the Committee of Public Safety |
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| Type of ruler napoleon was from 1799 to 1814 |
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| This body had no power under Napoleon |
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| Napoleon concentrated authority to create this type of government. |
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| a strong central government |
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| Napoleon's new title from 1804 on |
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| People Napoleon often placed on the thrones of conquered states. |
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| Island where Napoleon was born |
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| Napoleon fought British forces in this African country. |
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| Alliances formed against France |
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| New, uniform system of French civil laws |
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| The two revolutionary rights Napoleon took away from people |
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| freedom of speech, freedom of press |
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| Paris landmark where Napoleon was crowned |
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| Method of getting soldiers for the Army |
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| Two countries that made peace with Napoleon in 1801 and 1802 |
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| Vast territory that Napoleon sold in 1803 to raise money for his army |
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| British admiral killed in 1805 in a sea battle against France |
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| Napoleon's title from 1799 to 1804 |
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| Napoleon expressed contempt for the British by calling them this. |
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| "a nation of shopkeepers" |
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| Term for Napoleon's blockade of the British Isle |
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| Empire abolished by Napoleon |
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| Union of German states organized by Napoleon |
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| the Confederation of the Rhine |
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| Austrian town where Napoleon defeated Russian and Austrian forces in 1805 |
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| Napoleon's conquests spread the ideas of this movement throughout Europe |
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| Widespread activity that violated Napoleon's blockade |
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| Huge eastern European country Napoleon invaded in 1812 |
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| Island off Italy that Napoleon was exiled to |
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| Napoleon's conquests promoted the growth of this feeling. |
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| Drafting of these people weakened Napoleon's army. |
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| Southern European countries that drove out the French in 1812-3 |
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| Natural phenomenon that helped defeat Napoleon in Russia |
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| the severe Russian winter |
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| Napoleon's most severe military disaster, 1812-3 |
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| the retreat from Msocow (Russia) |
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| Island off Africa where Napoleon died |
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| British commander who defeated Napoleon in the final battle |
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| Napoleon inspired desire for national unity in these two areas. |
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| Important difference between Napoleon's army and earlier armies |
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| being an army of citizens, not professionals |
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| The war on the Iberian Peninsula |
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| the Peninsular War (or Campaign) |
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| Term for the Spaniards' style of fighting |
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| Napoleon's defeat in 1813 |
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| "Battle of the Nations" at Leipzig |
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| Ruling family restored to the French Throne in 1814 |
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| Napoleon's successor as ruler of France |
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| Period of Napoleon's final rule in 1815 |
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