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14 Cards in this Set
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Bourgeoisie
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Middle Class
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Lawyers, Doctors, Journalists, Professors. |
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Deficit Spending
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When a government spends more money than it takes in.
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Jacques Necker
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Financial Expert
Loved by the people Reduce Deficit, Reform Gov't, Abolish Tariff. Fired by Louis XVI |
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Tennis Court Oath
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Delegates swore "never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution."
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Bastille
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Grim medieval fortress used as a prison for political and other prisoners. Weapons & Gunpowder stored here.
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Marie Antoinette
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Austrian
Queen, Married to Louis XVI |
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Sans-culottes
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Working-class men and women.
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Jacobins
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Political club
Mostly middle class lawyers and intellectuals Used pamphlets and newspapers to advance republican cause. |
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Republic
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A gov't ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch.
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Tuileries
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Palace in Paris.
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Committee of Public Safety
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Group of officials in the rebellion who took of a government like role.
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Robes Pierre
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Shrewd Lawyer, leader of Committee of Public Safety.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French general who became emperor of France (1769-1821)
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The French Revolution
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Revolting of peasants in a means to get a government reform to turn France into a republic.
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