French Revolution Flashcards

(35 cards)

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American Revolution

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One of the influences for the French Revolution

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“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

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The Slogan and motto of the French Revolution, this slogan meant that Men and Women were to be born free and remain free and equal in rights.

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French Economy (1780’s)

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Overpopulation, no bread, mass inflation

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Three Estates

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The Clergy, Nobility, and Commoners.
Clergy - Catholic church, the power to levy a 10% tax (Tithe) (3%)
Nobility - Royal family (not king), nobility, did not pay taxes, collected taxes (1%)
Commoners - Everyone else, peasants to the bourgeoisie (wealthy) (96%)

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Louis XVI

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The last king of France before the fall of the monarchy (August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793)

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Estates General

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National Assembly

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Tennis Court Oath

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Bread Riots

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Bastille

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Great Fear

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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Women’s Rebellion

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Girondists

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The Mountain

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The Plain

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Sans Culottes

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Guillotine

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Thermidorian Reaction

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Directory

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Napoleon

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Egypt 1799

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Napoleonic Code

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Coronation
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Trafalgar
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Continental System
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Grand Empire
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Wellesley
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Elba
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Waterloo
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St. Helena
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Congress of Vienna
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Metternich
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Reactionaries