Unit 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
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Napoleon I
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- French military officer
- Rose during French Revolution
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Banque de France
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- Frances central bank
- Napoleon created
3
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Lycee System of Education
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- Enrolled the nations most talented students
4
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Code Napolen
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- Used to reform French legal code to reflect the principles of the French Revolution
5
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Code Napoleon/Civil divided civil law into…
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- Personal status
- Property
- The acquisition of property
6
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The Influence of the Napoleonic Code
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- Swept away feudal property relations
7
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The Continental System
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- Isolated Britain and promoted Napoleons mastery over Europe
8
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Portugal didn’t comply with the Continental System (true or false)
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- True !
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The Spanish Ulcer
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- Napoleon unwittingly provoked a total war
10
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“Third of May, 1808” by Goya
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- Showed Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s Armies
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The “Big Blunder” - Russia
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- Retreat from Spain
- Napoleon led his men across Europe and into Russia
12
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Russia avoided direct contact with Napoleon (true or false)
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- True !
13
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Treaty of Fontainebleau
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- Exiles Napoleon to Elba
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Treaty of Fontainebleau
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- Exiles Napoleon to Elba
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The War of the 7th Coalition
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- Napoleon escaped Elba and landed in France on March 1815 this beginning his 100 Days
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The Hundred Days
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- Marked Napoleons return
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National Assembly
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- “The Third Estate Awakens”
- Commoners finally presented as “representatives of the nation”
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Emmanuel Joseph
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- Believed highly of the third estate
- Leader and political theorist of the third estate
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The Tennis Court Oath
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- Promise oath to create a constitution
- Declared itself to be a National Assembly
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Storming of Bastille
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- Rumors reached France that the king was planning to use military force AGAINST the National Assembly
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Causes of the French Revolution
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- Weak leadership
- High Taxes
- Bad Crops/high prices
- Questions raised by enlightenment ideas
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The Great Fear
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- Waves of panic and violence throughout the French countryside
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National Constituent Assembly
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- Abolished feudalism (no privilege in the second estate)
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Changes under the National Assembly
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- Equality before law (for men)
- Abolished special privileges
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
- Freedom of religion, speech, and the press
- "Liberty, equality, fraternity!"
- Right to a fair trial
- Property rights
