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World History
Ch 23 The French Revolution and Napoleon
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12th Grade
09/09/2013

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Old Regime
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The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution
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Estate
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One of the 3 social classes in France before the French Revolution - the 1st Estate consisting of the clergy; the 2nd Estate, of the nobility; and the 3rd Estate, of the rest of the population
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National Assembly
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A French congress established by represenatatives of the 3rd Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people
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Tennis Court Oath
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A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
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Great Fear
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A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789
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Estates-General
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An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France
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Legislative Assembly
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A French congress with the power to create laws and approve declarations of war, established by the Conststitution of 1791
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Emigre
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A person who leaves their native country for political reasons, like the nobles and others who fled France during the peasant uprisings of the French Revolution
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Sans-culottes
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In the French Revolution, a radical group made up of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices and an end to food shortages
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Guillotine
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A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution
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Reign of Terror
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The period, from mid - 1793 to mid - 1794, when Maximillien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed
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Coup d'etat
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A sudden seizure of political power in a nation
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Plebiscite
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A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
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Lycee
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A government-run public school in France
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Concordat
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A formal agreement - especially one between the the pope and a government, dealing with the control of Church affairs
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Napoleonic Code
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A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon
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Battle of Trafalgar
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An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson
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Blockade
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The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region
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Continental System
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Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britian and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britian's economy
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Guerrilla
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A member of a loosley organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country
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Peninsular War
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A conflict lasting from 1808 to 1813, in which Spanish rebels, with the aid of British forces, fought to drive Napoleon's French troops out of Spain
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Scorched-Earth Policy
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The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off of the land
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Hundred Days
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The brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French king and again becoming emperor of France
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Congress of Vienna
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A series of meetings between 1814-1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon
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Balance of Power
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A political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others
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Legitimacy
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The hereditary right of a monarch to rule
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Holy Alliance
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A league of European nations formed by the leaders of Russia, Austria, and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna
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Concert of Europe
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A series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions
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