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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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Bourgeoisie

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Middle class

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Émigrés

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French nobles who fled France and were against the revolution

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Jacobins

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Radicals in the French national assembly

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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5
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Nationalism

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Pride in one’s nation

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6
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Secular

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Not religious

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7
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Robespierre

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Leader of the reign of terror

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Continental system

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Napoleonic system-closed European ports to British goods

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Guerrilla warfare

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Hit and run raids

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Napoleonic code

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New laws in France based on enlightenment ideas

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Plebiscite

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Yes or no vote, Napoleon use this to show his strength

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12
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How was the bastille viewed by many Frenchman

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As a symbol of tyranny

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13
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What caused the economic crisis in France in 1789

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Bad harvests, costly wars, deficient spending

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14
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What impact did the national debt have on France

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It worsened the economic crisis

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What happened after the tennis court oath

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Royal troops gathered in Paris in the Bastille was stormed

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16
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How did European monarchs and nobles feel about the French revolution

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They opposed it and feared it would spread

17
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How did the national assembly hope to pay off the national debt

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By selling catholic church property

18
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How are the sans culottes different from the Jacobins

A

They were the working class Jacobin were middle class

19
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Why did the revolutionaries want to abolish the monarchy

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They wanted a republic

20
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What was the goal of the mass levy of early 1793

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To pay taxes for the war effort

21
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What did the convention do to deal with the threats to France

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Formed the committee of Public Safety

22
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How did Napoleon rise to power

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Through military service and a coup

23
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Why was napoleons invasion of Russia so disastrous

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Because of the Russian winter and scorched earth policy

24
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What were the chief goals of the Congress of Vienna

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To limit nationalism, limit French power, restore balance of power

25
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Why was Britain able to prevent an invasion by Napoleons army

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Due to its Navy

26
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What is the importance of the declaration of the rights of man and after what document is it modeled

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A declaration of human rights based on the Declaration of Independence

27
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Why is the Congress of Vienna important

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It restored hereditary monarchy in France, Limited French power, didn’t understand the power of nationalism

28
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What estate paid the most in taxes

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3rd estate

29
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What were the causes of the revolution

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Economics, food crisis, and enlightenment ideas

30
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Estate

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Social class in France

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