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Louis 16

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supported America in the American Revolution, caused French bankruptcy, married to Marie Antoinette (daughter of Maria Theresa)

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1st Estate

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clergy members, tax exempt

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2nd Estate

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nobility, tax exempt

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3rd Estate

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everybody who isn’t nobility or clergy members, 96% of the population, paid taxes and feudal taxes

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Cahiers

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list of grievances for the Estates General for the king to fix

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Abbe Sieyes

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of the 1st Estate, supported the 3rd Estate, authored What is the 3rd Estate?

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What is the 3rd Estate?

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pamphlet authored by Abbe Sieyes, states the vitality of the 3rd Estate

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The National Assembly

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provisional government replacing the Estates General, made up of 3rd Estate members

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Tennis Court Oath

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oath made by The National Assembly stating they wouldn’t disband until they wrote a Constitution

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Jacques Necker

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the king’s financial minister who tried to get the king to even out taxes

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Storming of the Bastille

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July 14,1789, 3rd class storms Bastille prison and released prisoners and killed the guards

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The Great Fear

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revolting low classes, organized middle class, nobles keep low

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Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizens

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a blueprint for a constitutional monarchy, gives people due process of law

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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

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confiscates church property

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Assignet

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money based on property

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Legislative Assembly

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a provisional constitutional monarchy, replaces the National Assembly

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The March of Versailles

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food shortages encouraged women to march to Versailles and take the king back to Paris

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Jacobins

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radical urban group supported by San-Culottes, liberal

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San-Culottes

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extremely radical working class, liberal

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Girondins

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moderate rule

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Emigres

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French nobles who fled and warned other countries of the Revolution

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Declaration of Pillnitz

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Austria and Prussia declare that France must restore monarchy, 1791

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The National Convention

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replaces Legislative Assembly, France’s 1st republic

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Committee of Public Safety

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executive branch of National Convention, led by Maximilian Robespierre

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Maximilian Robespierre
leader of Committee of Public Safety
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Law of Suspects
law stating anyone suspected of trying to overthrow the Convention or bad mouth them was beheaded
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Reign of Terror
era of beheading
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Republic of Virtue
general will of the reign of terror
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Law of General Conscription
able bodied men were enrolled in the army
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Madame Roland
famous salon owner, took a stand against the violence of the Revolution
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Charlotte Corday
Girondin, stabbed Jean Paul Marat
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Georges Danton
Robespierre’s main advisor, suggested Robespierre calm down, beheaded
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Festival of the Supreme Being
replaced Christian worship, where Robespierre advocated de-Christianization in his “Republic of Virtue” speech
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Franchise
right to vote
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Bourgeoisie
middle class
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Directory
5 member executive committee dominated by the middle class, replaces National Convention
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Edmund Burke
wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
by Edmund Burke, about how 1 generation ruined much generation’s work
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Coup d'etat
Napoleon overthrows the directory
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Consul
3 member committee that replaces the Directory
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Napoleonic Code
codified French law, assured equality, property rights, and abolished serfdom
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Napoleonic Wars
a series of wars France fights against the European powers to expand his Grand Empire
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1st Coalition
against Great Britain, Prussia, Holland, and Spain, Netherlands and Italy came under French control
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2nd Coalition
Great Britain, Austria, Russia, the Directory was in shambles
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3rd Coalition
Great Britain, Austria, Russia, Austria’s main army was destroyed at Austerlitz and Austria allied with France
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Battle of Trafalgar
English navy defeats Spanish and French navies
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Horatio Nelson
leader of the English navy in the Battle of Trafalgar
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Austerlitz
Austria was defeated and allied with France
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Confederation of the Rhine
Napoleon swept Hapsburgs out of the Holy Roman Empire and gave the throne to his family
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Continental System
Napoleon doesn’t allow England to import or export in his realm, he controls ports
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Treaty of Tilsit
Russia honors the continental system and France won't declare war on them
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Peninsular Wars
rebellions between Spanish Revolutionaries and France
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Fransisco Goya
"Third of May, 1808" the second most important painting in Spanish history, romanticism style, shows atrocity of France to Spain
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Cuba/ Puerto Rico
last remains of Spanish Empire
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Johann Von Herder
argued that people have a unique historical experience, it’s hard to mix people from different places, tried to get Germans to stand up to France
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Volksgeist
national spirit
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Frederic Von Schiller
German writer trying to turn Germany against France, wrote William Tell
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William Tell
by Frederic Von Schiller, about Swedish William Tell standing up to controlling Hapsburgs
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Strum and Drang
romantic literary movement started by Herder and Schiller that unified Germany
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Embargo Act of 1807
US denies trade with France and England, pulled US into war
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4th Coalition
against Britain, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden, France brought an army to Leipzeig, Saxony and was defeated at Battle of Nation, pushed back to France
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Count Klemens von Metternich
prime minister of Austria, spoke against Napoleon, wanted to return Europe to absolutism
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Lord Talleyrand
prime minister of France who wanted to re-establish the Bourbon line of kings with Louis XVIII
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Elba
the island napoleon was first exiled to
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Constitutional Charger of 1814
when Émigrés return, they came with this constitution for aristocracy in an attempt to undo the revolution
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Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon was again taken out by the powers and sent to St. Helena
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St Helena
the island Napoleon was sent to as a result of the Battle of Waterloo
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The Congress of Vienna
a congress attempting to undo the Revolution
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Lord Castlereagh
represented Britain
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Frederick William III
represented Prussia
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Alexander I
represented Russia
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Legitimacy
put nobles on thrones
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Balance of Power
keeping counties from becoming too strong
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Compensation
many countries were bankrupt, paid back with land
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German Confederation
renamed Holy Roman Empire, run by Hapsburgs
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Grand Duchess of Warsaw
renamed Poland, under Russia
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The Rhineland
loaded with iron and coal, under Prussia
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78. Parma, Tuscany, Venetia, Lombardy
Italian countries under Hapsburgs, Venetia and Lombardy are annexed
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Splendid Isolation
Britain uses islands as coal stations, expands empire
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Quadruple Alliance
collective security agreement against rebellion between Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Great Britain
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Holy Alliance
Alexander I tries to form a Holy Alliance for rulers who vow to rule Christianly
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Concert of Europe/ The Metternich System
Congress of Vienna agrees to meet periodically in different European towns
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Carlsbad Decrees
Congress of Vienna dissolves any liberal or nationalistic actions in colleges
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Troppau Protocol
Alexander and Metternich agree that Russia has power over Poland
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Greek Revolution
rebelling Greeks are encouraged instead of being stopped by the powers
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London Protocol
gives Greeks independence

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