French Revolution/Napoleon Flashcards
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monarchy
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divine right, leader because a higher power had appointed them, family of rulers, throne passed down
2
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nation state
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led by the people, like a democracy
3
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consequences of the Industrial Revolution
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- enabled humans to become rich off of new industry
- peasants streamed into cities looking for work
- passion for change
4
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Clergy
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priests, bishops, connected to the church, seen as high up on the social pole
5
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nobility
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owned land, land=power
6
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third estate
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peasants, workers, middle class
7
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what inspired the French Revolution?
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the American Revolution
7
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July 14th, 1789: Storming of Bastille
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- revolutionaries stormed Bastille, a symbol of the kings power
8
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what does the revolution lead to?
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- abolished noble privilege and centuries’ old monarchy
- led to a representative government
- expanded right to vote for men
- women able to divorce and gain inheritance
- led to development of constitution
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Jan. 21, 1793: King Louis beheaded
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- beheaded in front of Notre Dame Cathedral
- angers Austrian emperor (his daughter Marie was married to Louis)
- triggers the French Revolution
10
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Austria attacks France
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- Marie Antoinette beheaded
- the Convention becomes head of the revolution for the French
11
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The Convention
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- headed by the Jacobins
- nominated people to defend France
12
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Maximillian Robespierre
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- leader of the Jacobins
- a liberal, eventually became heavily radicalized
- “in order for France to live, Louis must die!”
- died in 1794 by beheading after being shot in mouth
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Committee of Public Safety
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- Max Robespierre is head of the Committee
- becomes highly aggressive
- “virtue through terror”
14
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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- self made ruler
- exceptional military commander
- conquered Egypt
- 1799: seizes power
- in France, brings back slavery, Catholic influence, misogynist
