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| The absolutist monarchy in France. This was abolished during the French revolution. |
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| 10% income tax that was sent to the church. |
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| Nobles appointed by the Sun King. They were in the Second Estate |
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| King of France during the revolution. His weak policies led to his downfall, and ultimately his execution |
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| A legislative assembly of representatives from each of the three estates. |
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| Composed of everyone who was not in the first or second Estate. |
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| After the third estate gained more power, what they started to call themselves. They were also joined by some lower clergy. |
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| An oath made by the National Assembly which stated that they would not disband until they had formed a constitution. |
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| July 14, 1789. Parisians stormed the prison and executed the prison governor and the mayor of Paris. |
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| Fear of vagabonds that the peasants had. Helped mobilize them into the revolution effort. |
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| Declaration of the Rights of Man |
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| Document which asserts the rights of French males, including the rights to liberty, property, and equal opportunity. |
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| His book defended the actions of the traditional monarchy |
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| Reflections on the Revolution in France |
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| Book written by Edmund Burke which defended and sympathized with the Old Regime of France. |
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| Woman who believed that women could become productive members of society if they were given equal opportunities. |
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| Declaration issued by Austria and Prussia which stated that they would intervene in the French revolution if it didn’t die down. |
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| Extreme members of the National Assembly who wanted radical change. |
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| the government of France following the murder of Louis XVI. |
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| Storming of the queen’s palace by the women of Paris because they did not reasonable bread prices. |
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| Massacres initiated by peasants who acted on rumors that counter revolutionary clergy and aristocracy were planning an escape and a revival of the monarchy. |
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| Radical, but the more conservative group in the National Assembly. |
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| The extremist group in the National Assembly, led by Robespierre. |
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| means without trousers, they were the working people of France who were the muscle of the revolution. |
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| An alliance between Prussia and Austria designed to defeat France. They were defeated by the revolutionaries. |
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| Period of 1 year in which Robespierre, Danton, and Marat ruled France. They used terror to enforce their rule. Eventually, all three were murdered. |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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| Committee formed by Comrade Robespierre in order to maintain public order and keep the people safe. |
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| Instigator of the Reign of Terror and leader of the Mountain political party. |
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| Uprising in which people got sick of Robespierre and murdered him. |
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| Weak dictatorship of five men set up after the fall of Robespierre. |
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| A overthrow of a government by force. An example was Napoleon’s coup d’etat of the Directory. |
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| Emperor of France for 11 years who almost took over all of Europe. He fell shortly after his invasion of Russia, although he made a brief return only to be defeated again by the British. |
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| Code that reinforced the inferiority of women in Napoleon’s society. |
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| Nobles who supported the monarchy and left France to avoid trouble. Napoleon granted them amnesty when he came to power. |
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| Agreement between Napoleon and the Pope in which the Pope gave French Catholics the right to practice their religion and Napoleon was able to appoint church officials. |
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| Napoleon’s set of laws which included the end of serfdom and the subjugation of women. |
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| The minister of police. He kept a lot of people under surveillance in order to see if they were plotting against Napoleon. |
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| Naval admiral who defeated Napoleon’s in the English Channel. |
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| Battle in the English channel where Napoleon was defeated by Lord Nelson of Britain |
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| German Confederation of the Rhine |
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| What Napoleon divided the Germanic states into. |
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| A total blockade of all British goods. However, this failed to bring Britain into crisis. |
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| A coalition of the rest of Europe vs. Napoleon. This coalition was successful in defeating him. |
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| King of France following Napoleon’s reign. He gave up most of his powers in the Constitutional Charter. |
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| Constitution of France which many of the king’s traditional powers away. |
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| Period in which Napoleon returned and led his troops into battle one last time. |
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