Unit 1 (French Rev and Nationalism in Canada) Flashcards

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Where the nation is defined by a distinct racial group

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Ethnic Nationalism

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What is an example of a Ethnic Nation State?

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  1. Japan
    ~Low levels of immigration
    ~Past history of isolation
    ~Distinct heritage
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What are examples of Ethnic Nation?

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  1. Italian
  2. German
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Where the nation is defined by a common language

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Linguistic Nationalism

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What are examples of Linguistic Nation State?

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  1. France
    ~Protective Language Laws
  2. Japan
    ~Segregation from the outside world
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What are examples of Linguistic Nation?

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  1. Quebec
    ~Protective Language Laws
    ~Distinct from the rest of Canada
  2. British Commonwealth
    ~Tied together through common language
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Where the nation is defined by location and what that location may dictate

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Geographic Nationalism

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What is an example of Geographic Nation State?

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  1. Australia
    ~Creates a common bond between people struggling to create life on a hostile continent.
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What are examples of Geographic Nation?

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  1. The Western World
    ~Shared history
    ~Shared Struggle
  2. Different Geographies in North America
    ~Shared landscapes
    ~Shared hobbies
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Where the people of the same nation all have the same religion

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Religious Nationalism

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What are examples of Religious Nation State?

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  1. Saudi Arabia
    ~Government Laws defined by religion
  2. Pre Revolutionary France
    ~Religious wars
    ~King gets his authority from God.
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What are examples of Religious Nation?

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  1. Protestant
  2. Catholic
  3. Sunni
  4. Shia
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Where the people of the nation are bound by many of the same traditions, morals and stories

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Cultural Nationalism

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What are examples of Cultural Nation State?

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  1. Cuba
    ~Small island nation
  2. France
    ~Cultural laws regarding how to dress in public
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What are examples of Cultural Nation?

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  1. Black Foot
    ~Share same traditions throughout Canada and United States
  2. British Commonwealth
    ~Share many of the same traditions and holidays
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Where a group of people attach a special significance to a certain area

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Relationship to the Land

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What is an example of Nation (Relationship to the Land)?

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  1. First Nations
    ~Place Names
    ~For many indigenous people it’s a visceral connection; you look beyond the buildings and concrete and feel a sense of belonging
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Where people may not be connected by organized religion, but still hold many of the same spiritual beliefs

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Spiritual Nationalism

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What is an example of Nation (Spiritual)?

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Cultural Nation
1. First Nations in North America
~Many different forms of spirituality, but underneath the values are very similar.
~No religious figurehead

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Where the people of the nation are bound by the same laws, government style and civic holidays

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Civic Nationalism

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What is an example of Civic Nation State?

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  1. Canada
    ~Constitution
    ~Charter of Rights and Freedoms
    ~Canada Day
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What are the 8 types of nationalism?

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  1. Ethnic
  2. Linguistic
  3. Spiritual
  4. Civic
  5. Geographical
  6. Relationship to the Land
  7. Cultural
  8. Religion
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23
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Competing devotion to something

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Contending loyalties

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Why do contending loyalties happen?

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  • People can feel loyalty to more than one nation and sometimes need to choose among various loyalties
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What are examples of contending loyalties?

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  1. Liberal Prime Minister vs Conservative Premier
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What is an example of Nationalism vs Regional loyalty?

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Calgary (National) vs Canada (Regional loyalty)

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What are examples of regional loyalties in Canada?

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  1. Alberta and Oil
  2. Quebec and Language (french)
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The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.

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Sovereignty

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29
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Why does Quebec want sovereignty?

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Their linguistic differences from the rest of canada.

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What parties in Quebec support the idea of sovereignty?

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  1. PQ - A national party
  2. FLQ - Terrorist Group
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A society where many different types of people blend together as one.

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Melting Pot
(in a melting pot, differences become less important than unity).

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A society made up of or include more than one ethnic group or culture.

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Multiculturalism

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What is the difference between “Melting pot” and “Multiculturalism”?

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Melting pot has more unity while Multiculturalism is made up of different cultures.

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34
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What was the main major impact in Europe from the french revolution?

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Democracy

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35
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What is the class system described as?

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Hierarchy System

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36
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What aspect of the class system was totally removed?

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The monarchy

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37
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If looked at the privileged order, would it include the bourgeois, nobles and clergy?

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not the bourgeois

38
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The most prominent non-national loyalty pre-revolutionary in france?

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class

39
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The statement “The nobility is a burden to the nation” is defended by what?

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“lived extravagant lifestyles through tax”

40
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What was the Oka Crisis?

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A Group of Mohawks on the Kanesatake reserve set up a roadblock and camp
to stop the development of a golf course on their land.
~The town of Oka, Quebec, Canada. ~Began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 78 days until September 26, 1990.

41
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What was the main factor of The Oka Crisis?

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  1. The proposed expansion of a golf course + townhouses on disputed land that included a Kanyen’kehà:ka burial ground.
42
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What were the outcomes of The Oka Crisis?

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  1. A provincial police officer dead and hundreds of Mohawk civilians injured
  2. The Federal government bought the land and gifted it to the Mohawk
    people
  3. Increased Tension
43
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Who was involved in The Oka Crisis?

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  1. Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) protesters
  2. Quebec police
  3. The Canadian Army
44
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What were the factors that lead to the French Revolution?

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  1. Economic
  2. Political
  3. Social
  4. Historical
  5. Geographic
  6. LACK OF UNITY
45
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What are the Political factors that caused the French Rev?

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  1. People feel like they have no say in
    what is going on. (absolutism)
  2. Political ideologies of individualism
    are created throughout France
  3. We paid for the American
    Revolution – they got freedom –
    why didn’t we?
  4. King tries to create a new political
    system – tax reform
46
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What are the Economic factors that caused the French Rev?

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  1. Previous governments had been involved in too many
    wars and had overtaxed the people
  2. Elaborate building projects for the Monarchy (Palace of
    Versailles) made the king look wasteful
  3. Incomplete way of collecting taxes
47
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What are the Historical factors that caused the French Rev?

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  1. Moved from a strong-willed king
    to a weak-willed king
  2. To spite Britain, they helped with
    the American Revolution
48
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What are the Geographic factors that caused the French Rev?

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  1. Famine due to lack of rain
  2. Too much rain and roads get washed out
  3. Bread riots
49
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What are the Social factors that caused the French Rev?

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  1. Creation of a new middle class that felt helpless
  2. People are becoming more educated
    ~ Growth in philosophers and the ability for people to read them
  3. Dislike for the new Queen because she was from Austria
50
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What was the Tennis Court Oath?

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  • June 1789
  • The members of the National
    Assembly pledged to stay in the indoor tennis courts at the palace of versailles until they came up with a written constitution.
51
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Who were the Three Estates?

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1st Estate - The Clergymen (Church Priests).
2nd Estate - The Nobles
3rd Estate - The Common Folk

52
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  • Has Privileged rights and are rich.
  • Pays no taxes
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The First Estate

53
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  • Has not as many privileged rights as but are more fortunate than the Third Estate.
  • Pays no taxes
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The Second Estate

54
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  • Are poor and starved
  • Heavily Taxed
  • No rights
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The Common Folk (majority of the population)

55
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What was the Enlightenment?

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A movement prior and during the french revolution which promoted free thinking.

56
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What was the Storming of Bastille?

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The Storming of the Bastille Prison on July 14, 1789, was done by the members of the Third Estate of
Paris. Rumors spread of foreign troops coming to slaughter French citizens, so the people stormed
the Bastille to seize gunpowder.

57
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  • Became the symbolic act of the French Revolution.
  • This act contributed to the rise of democracy because it was the first act of the people that said, “…we
    have the power, give us our say.”
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Storming of The Bastille

58
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A French military commander and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars

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Napoleon Bonaparte

59
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What did Napoleon stand for?

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  • Nationalism and Democracy
  • To the people, he was a symbol of hope and freedom.
60
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What strategies did Napoleon use to spread Nationalism?

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WAR

61
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What was the Napoleonic Code?

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His institution of the Napoleonic Code granted freedom of religion, and eliminated privileges based upon birth. (not including women).

62
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The love of one’s
country, and the
willingness to sacrifice
for it.

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Nationalism

63
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a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.

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Liberalism

64
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a class of business owners and merchants pre/during the french revolution, originally as a “middle class” between the common folk and nobles.

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The Bourgeoisie

65
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The quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank.

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Nobility

66
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The group of religious officials (as priests, ministers, or rabbis) specially prepared and authorized to conduct religious services.

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The Clergy

67
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(True or False) Parisians stormed the Bastille to free political prisoners unjustly imprisoned by the King.

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False

68
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(True or False) The Declaration of the Rights of Man was created to put an end to inequalities created by the practice of privileges.

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True

69
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(True or False) The revolutions motto was “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”, and means equality for all men (but maybe not women).

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True

70
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(True or False) The most significant international impact from the French Rev was the rise in democracy.

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True

71
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(True or False) The French flag that we are familiar with today was used before the start of the French Rev.

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False

72
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(True or False) 18th century French used a hierarchy to demonstrate classes.

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True

73
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(True or False) The monarchy still existed when the French Republic was created.

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False (The monarchy was abolished the same day the French Republic was created).

74
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(True or False) The Bourgeoisie were the highest-class citizens in the 18th century.

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False

75
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(True or False) The enlightenment was when electricity was invented.

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False

76
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(True or False) Life was very unfair for the First Estate.

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False

77
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(True or False) The pre-Revolutionary French had loyalties to their religion, class and the King.

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True

78
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(True or False) Napoleon overthrowing the directory was an essential part in France becoming a nation-state.

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False

79
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(True or False) The Committee of Public Safety is not considered radical (extreme).

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False

80
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(True or False) France’s neighbour’s turn-on France because of the Reign of Terror.

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False (The Reign of Terror had nothing to do with it)

81
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(True or False) Napoleonic Code worked to make men and women equal in France.

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False (Excluded Women >:C)

82
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What is the difference between a nation and nation-state?

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A nation = characteristics such as culture, language, ethics, etc.
A nation-state = ONLY geographical and political

83
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Which country did Napoleon’s army lose to?

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RUSSIA

84
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Why did the Third estate feel that the Revolution was needed?

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The Third Estate was treated unfairly due to their class and they felt neglected by the King amidst the starvation and poverty.
The revolution was needed to save them.

85
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A group of francophone terrorists who attacked, kidnapped and even killed Anglophones because they believed Quebec should be independent.

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the FLQ

86
Q

What is Western Alienation?

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Refers to how the Western provinces in Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.) are making all the profit and doing the work, only for the eastern provinces (Quebec and Ontario) to gain.

87
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  • A meeting that included the 1st and 2nd estate, and representatives of the 3rd estate.
    ~Discusses the problems and issues at the time to find solutions.
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the Estate General

88
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Who was Robespierre?

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  • A french politician and leader during the French Rev.
  • Leader in overthrowing the monarchy.
  • A major figure in starting the Reign of Terror.
89
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What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety?

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  • To promote the values of the French Rev.
  • Protecting France’s citizens and nations from any threats.
90
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Why did the people of France abandon the goals of the revolution and follow Napoleon so willingly?

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  • The people of France were tired of the uncertain fate of the French Rev.
  • To the people, Napoleon was a symbol of hope.
91
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Why do people call the French Rev the beginning of the modern nation state?

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  • The French Rev is known as the turning point in history.
    ~Shifting from a individualistic government (the monarchy/king) to a democratic government (democracy).