Flashcards in history: chpt. 11 test Deck (59)
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One of the three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution: the clergy (first ____), the nobles (second ____), and the townspeople (third ____)
Estate
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Aristocratic privileges
Relics of feudalism
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Middle class
Bourgeoisie
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Called the meeting of the Estates-General to raise new taxes
Louis XVI
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Where the meeting of the Estates-General opened on May 5, 1789
Versailles
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Deputies swore they would continue to meet until they had produced a French Constitution
Tennis Court Oath
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Where Bastille, an armory and prison is located
Paris
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On August 26, the National Assembly adopted the _____
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
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A woman who wrote plays and pamphlets, refused to accept the exclusion of women from political rights; she penned a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
Olympe de Gouges
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Rulers of ____ and ____ threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power
Austria and Prussia
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Ordinary patriots with out fine clothes
Sans-culottes
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Explain why the Catholic Church was targeted for reform.
It was seen as an important pillar of the old order
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List the reasons for the near collapse of government finances in France
Social conditions, bad harvests, slow manufacturing, food shortages, rising prices, unemployment
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Social commoners
Third Estate
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Merchants, bankers, industrialists, professionals
Bourgeoisie
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French parliament under Louis XVI
Estates-General
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"Without breeches," members of the Paris Commune
San-culottes
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The Second Estate did all of the following EXCEPT
A. Own from 25 to 39 percent of the land
B. Hold high positions in government and the military
C. Not pay taxes
D. Side with peasants
D. Side with peasants
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The Paris Bastille was
An armory and prison
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed all of the following EXCEPT
A. An end to tax exemptions
B. Freedom of speech
C. Equal rights for women
D. Freedom of the press
C. Equal rights for women
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The National Assembly's Constitution of 1791, _____
Set up a limited monarchy
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The Paris Commune demonstrated, then seized power for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A. Defeats in war with Austria
B. Economic shortages
C. Loyalty to Prussia
D. Anger with the monarchy
C. Loyalty to Prussia
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Minister of Justice for the Paris Commune
Georges Danton
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Individuals qualified to vote
Electors
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Sudden overthrow of government
Coup d'ètat
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Dissenting groups
Factions
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Upper legislative house under the Constitution of 1795
Council of Elders
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The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute
Enemies of the republic
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The two dissenting groups within the National Convention were the
Girondins and the Mountain
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