French Rev, Absolut & Enlight Flashcards

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To Enlighten

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To discover, to find out.. ‘Common Sense’

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How long did Louis 14 rule for

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72 years

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What was Louis 14’s nickname

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Sun King

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What did Louis 14 being France into

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Modern years, and left before the french rev

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What did Louis 14 do in Versaille

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Isolated himself and wasn’t social with anyone

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Hugenots

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French protestant

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Peition of rights

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Gives full power of taxes to the parliament

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Guillotine

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A machine made to decapate you

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Why was Edict of Nantes important

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First agreement between the catholic and protestants

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When was the age of reason

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the Enlightment

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What does AUDERE SAPERE mean

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“Dare to Think” in Greek

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What was Thomas Hobbes book and his morals

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The Levinthan- people were born evil or good and too many people in the government is bad

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John Locke’s thoughts

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Natural rights- life, liberty, and property rights belonged to everyone and the government can’t take that away from anyone

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Baron de Montesquieu’s books & thoughts

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The Spirit of Laws- created the three branches, judicial legislative and executive

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Voltaire’s thoughts

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Wrote books againest absolute monarchies, slavery, and the rights of religion.. Famous for writing what he’s thinking and the government often disagreed

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Diderot’s thoughts

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Edited the enclyopedia and added many different ideas from many different philosophers

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Jean Jacques Rousseau’s book & thoughts

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the Social Contract- he believed the government shouldn’t have absolute power.. And overthrowing the government can be used

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s book & thoughts

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Vendication of the Rights of Woman- First feminist. She believed everyone was created equal

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What was the age of absolutism

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A period after exploration providing European nations with vast ocerseas empires and wealth that strengthens the kings into absolute monarchies

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Napoleon’s time

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Who was Napoleon

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A great military leader who began winning his battles throughout Europe.. An enlightment thinker

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What is Napoleon Complex

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When you overconstantate to prove your size

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In 1799, what did Napoleon declare himself as

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The first consul

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How did Napoleon win the people over

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He allowed them their right to vote, and he manipulated them into voting for him

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What is a directory
The declared government after Robespierre, five people and two houses of legs.. Ruled for five years
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Who was the confederation of rine made up of
Germany
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Napoleon's code affected the estates how
3rd can own land, 2nd apporved forms and 1st were up to talented jobs
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Plebiscite
Popular vote by ballot
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What was the percentage of people that made up the 3rd estate
80%
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Who did King Louis 16th marry
Marie Antoinette
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Who is Jacques Necker
Louis 16th financial leader
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After the 3rd and 2nd/1st didn't agree what happened in the meeting of Estate generals
They all got their separate rooms, but the 3rd were locked out of it so they went to a tennis court and created the tennis court oath
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What is the Tennis Court oath
When the 3rd vowed to stay there until they created a declaration
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National Assembly is who
Third estate
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What is Bastille
An old, discusting prison where the third estate took for gunpower
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When is national Bastille day
July 14th, 1790
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What document does the national assembly establish
Declaration of the rights of men which gives the rights of all men to make them equal
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Old Regime
The old way of life
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Great Fear
Beginning of the revolution when nobles began to fled of fear
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Coalition
sven countries that alliance together to stop Napoleon
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Coup
A military leader who overthrows the government
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Continental System
When no countries who alliance with France were allowed to trade with Britain
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Scorched-Earth policy
What the Russians did to the French, when they attacked instead they set fire to the ground and starved the army
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Battle of Waterloo
His last battle, the seventh coalition..
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Battle of Trafalgar
Their first attack against Britain
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Who was Metternich and what did he do
Austria; he created peace throughout Europe for 100 years, and balanced power throughout
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Congress Of Vienna
In Austria, ruled by Metterrich of Ausrtria