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Tennis Court Oath
Storming of the Bastille
1789

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Estates General

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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Constitution of 1791
1789-1791

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National Assembly

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Constitutional Monarchy
War with Austria and Prussia
Royal family imprisoned
1791-1792

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Legislative Assembly

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First French Republic
Louis XVI executed
Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Spain join war against France
1792-1795

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National Convention

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Reign of Terror

1793-94

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Committee of Public Safety

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what was the cause of the French Revolution

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ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers, Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu
success of American Revolution

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origin of the idea that everyone should have equal rights

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France in 1790’s:

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basis for the United Nations and the European Declarations of Human Rights

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1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man

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who was Louis XVI’s wife and where was she from

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Marie Antoinette, Austria

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rich people in France

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culottes

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poor people in France

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sans-culottes

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what was wrong w france that made the people revolt?

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gov't was unresponsive to ppl's needs
near bankruptcy
laws were unfair
the economy was in shambles
there were many poor people
food was in short supply
prices were high
the nobility was selfish and schemed for power
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rich got ____, poor got ____

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richer, poorer

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estates in france

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King
1st Estate- clergy
2nd Estate- nobles
3rd Estate- peasants, artisans, bourgeoisie(professionals: doctors, lawyer, merchants)

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who paid taxes in the beginning

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only the third estate: not first or second

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Roman Catholic clergy made up _% of the population and was divided into ___ and ___. they owned -% of the land

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1%
upper clergy- bishops
lower clergy- priests in the country
5-10%

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nobles made up _% of the population, owned __% of the land, and had many priviledges. they held the positions of __ and __

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2% of the population
25% of the land
held high gov’t and military posts

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where did artisans live

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paris

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why were peasants poor

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bc of the payments they made to the first two estates

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what are the 3 groups of the revolutionaries and what did they want

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Radicals- get rid of king, erase all traces of the past
Moderates- limit king’s power
Royalists- no change(keep absolute monarchy)

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did the 3rd estate have a say in gov’t affairs

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no

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what is the flawed voting system

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each estate gets one vote, so the third estate could never get anything done since they were always outvoted 2-1

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How could the French Revolution have been prevented?

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a fair system of taxation
political system that gave more ppl a voice
gov’t takes better care of ppl’s $
a more effective response to food shortages
a social structure that allows advancement based on merit
competent ruler
use army to crush revolutionaries, like cromwell did

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French Revolution time period

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1789-1815

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when was the last and most recent estates general
1614, 1789
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what was the eg
the french equivalent of the english parliament
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why did louis call the estates general
to get the first and second estates to pay taxes
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the third estate had more delegates than the first two estates combined, so they wanted
each delegate to have one vote so the third estate can outvote the first two
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what happenned when the third estate said they wanted each delegate to have one vote
the king refused to change the voting system and locked them out of the estates general
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what did the bourgeoisie do after being locked out of the eg
named themselves the National Assembly and got to a tennis court and make the Tennis Court Oath
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Tennis Court Oath
promise not to leave the court until they had written a new constitution for France
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what was louis afraid of from the tennis court oath and what mistake did he make
he was afraid of the third estate writing a new constitution and the first and second estates joining them he should've killed them, but he didn't bc he wasn't a good leader
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what was the legislative assembly split into
whether to change the system or keep it the same
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what does louis do after the EG that spooks the people and makes them think that Louis is against the Legislative Assembly and is going to crush it
he moves troops to Versailles to protect him
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does the third estate like the legislative assembly
yes - it's their ticket to a better life
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what and when do the crowds show the king they are fighting back
when they attack Bastille on July 14th, 1789 | this is the official start of the Revolution
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why did the crowds attack bastille
it was a symbol of royal oppression they thought it contained weapons it was a prison and insane asylum
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what was an effect of Bastille
the great fear
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what is the Great Fear
when rumors were spread that the nobility was hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. the peasants armed themselves w pitchforks and axes to destroy and loot the nobles' property, including paperwork that said the nobles were in charge of the peasants
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what do nobles do under the national assembly
relinquish their priviledges and agreed that all male citizens could hold gov't, army, or church office
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who and what did they create that made sure the law applies equally to all citizens, all people are equal before the law, freedome of speech, press, religion, protected against random arrests and punishments
national assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man
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does the king accept or reject the declaration
reject- the ppl think he's against the national assembly
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March to Versailles
ppl come to Versailles and force king to move to Paris so they can keep an eye on him and make sure he supports the national assembly
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how did the NA weaked the catholic church
church lands were taken and sold to pay off the huge gov't debt. they placed itunder control of the gov't and transformed the clergy into elected officials
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who took the church lands, sold them, and transformed clergy
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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what was included in the Constitution of 1791?
keeps king but limits his power one house assembly whose members were elected right to vote given to males who paid taxes
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how did everyone feel about the new france and new constitution of 1791
moderates- happy royalists- thought it went too far radicals- felt it didnt' go far enough this is when the differences btw the revolutionaries split them
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what does the royal family try to do
disguise themselves and escape from France to Austria to build an army, crush the revolution, and regain his throne
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what does louis trying to flee do
it gives him no credibility, which make the undecided ppl (Plains) join the radicals, which make them in power
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who goes to war with france to try to restore louis to the throne
austria in 1793
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when france and austria go to war, the radicals take over the ____ and call for a _____ to write a new constitution for france
legislative assembly | national convention
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the radicals take ____ prisoner and behead him in __
louis, January 1793
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who is the leader of the radicals that executed louis
Robes Pierre
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what do the monarchs of other countries do
they are stirred up against france and its revolutionaries bc they don't want it to happen to them
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what changes do the radicals make
change calendar, weights, measures, months, street names, and eveyr man can vote
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radicals
Jacobins - they want the civil liberties talked about in the Enlightenment
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moderates
Girondists - from Girond
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undecided
Plain
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were the french revolutionaries doing well against the pro soldiers of europe
no
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what did the revolutionaries form to repel an attack and direct the war effort
Committee of Public Safety
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who are overwhelmed by the war and problems at home
jacobins/radicals
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problems of the jacobins:
civil war btw royalists and revolutionaries rising food prices and bread shortages gov't infighting btw radicals and moderates, leading to the arrest of many moderaes, death of the radical leader, Marat
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what will happen as the jacobins look to eliminate their enemies
the Reign of Terror
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who institutes the reign of terror
Committee of Public Safety
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extremely different
radical
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radical actions in history
execution of leaders (ex: Louis XVI) systematic extermination of groups of people (ISIS, Hitler) gassing innocents (kids in Syria, Holocaust) 9/11
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when is radical change a good thing
when it grants people their civil liberties (ex: BIll of Rights, women's suffrage movement, Enlightenment ideas)
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when is radical change a bad thing
when it deprives people of their civil liberties (communisim in USSR and China, genocide in Rwanda and Balkans)
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the ability to have civil liberties
civil rights
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How many people do the radicals execute during the reign of terror?
40,000
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Leaders of the radicals who were also leaders of the committee of public safety
Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton, and Jean-Paul Marat
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Who in the kings family was included in the executions?
his wife, marie antoinette
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what did the committee of public saftey create during their executions
demorcatic republic mafe up of good citizens called the republic of virtue
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what did the republic of virtue do
opened new schools, implimented measures to control inflation, abolished slavery and encouraged religious toleration
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what religion was not included in the religious toleration and why
catholisim bc it was linked with the monarchy
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what did robespierre do after danton said he wanted to end the reign of terror
he had him guillotined
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what happened after robespierre killed danton
committee arrested him and had him killed
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What came ack and got rid of the republic of virtue
national convention
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what was the first thing the national convention did after they replaced the republic of virtue
wrote new consitution
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who was the directory led by?
men called dictators
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how many houses where in the directiory
2
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was napoean tall or hsort
short 5'3
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was napolean a successful military leader?
best officer with many victries but a very bad ego
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how does napolean start his military career
as a lowly officer in the french army
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What happens to napoleon in 1802
becomes Consul for Life
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What does napoleon do when he was 35
crowns himself emperor in 1804
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Napoleons battle strategy
take initiative and determine the location of the battle and would frequently attempt to outflak the enemy and attack their lines of communication, excellent manuvering, flanking and isolating the enemy
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what would napoleon do when when he was faced with superior numbers
he would divide the enemy army and defeat each section individually
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what did napoleon do when faced with inferior numbers?
smash into an opponents flank, distracting them and damaging morale
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impact of napoleons rule
a. brings much needed stability to france b. conquering army spread the ideas of the french revolution around europe but at the same time made the areas he conquered want to be free c. nationalism will cause will cause of slew of revolutions in europe in the mid 1800s that wil challenge the established empires and lead to the creations of nations like germany and italy d. his battle tactics are still studied today e. europe was mostly at war while he was in power

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