Flashcards in Chapter 23 Review Sheet Deck (51)
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Old Regime
Old social and political system of France
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Estate
social class.
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Estates General
Assembly of representatives from each of the 3 estates.
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National Assembly
Third estate delegates
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Tennis Court Oath
pledge made by the members of the National Assembly (3rd estate) in which they vowed to continue meeting until there was a new constitution
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Great Fear
Senseless panic that spread through France after storming at Bastille.
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Emigre
Nobles who fled France; wanted to restore Old Regime
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Sans-Culotte
parisian workers who wanted change
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Guillotine
National razor
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Reign of Terror
period of rule under Robespierre
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Coup d'Etat
A sudden seizure of power.
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Plebiscite
vote of the people.
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Lycee
government run public school
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Concordant
agreement
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Blockade
forcible closing of ports
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Continental System
Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and Continental Europe intended to destroy Great Britain's economy
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Guerilla
Spanish peasant fighters
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Scorched-earth Policy
burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat
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Balance of Power
where no one country would be a threat to others
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Legitimacy
hereditary right of a monarch to rule
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Louis XVI
helped Americans during Revolution
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Marie Antoinette
Wife of Louis XVI Madame Deficit
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Jean Paul Marat
writings stirred up violent moods; newspaper writer
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Maximillien Robespierre
Jacobin leader, "Reign of Terror"
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Georges Danton
Jacobin lawyer; devoted to the rights of poor people
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Jacobins
members of the radical political organization (Marat / Danton)
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Greatest most important French General
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Joseph Bonaparte
brother of Napoleon who became king of Spain
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Alexander I
Russian Czar who refused to stop selling grain to Britain
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