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Cause #1 of the French Revolution |
State debt |
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Cause #2 of the French Revolution |
The High Enlightenment Throwing out the old authorities |
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Cause #3 of the French Revolution |
Rise of the 3rd estate Non-aristocratic members of government |
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The Estates General |
An assembly representing France's clergy, nobility, and middle class |
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The Yennis Court Oath |
French Third Estate swore not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established |
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Storming of Bastille |
Prison containing 7 inmates was seen as a symbol of the monarch's abuse if power. Flashpoint of the French revolution |
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Chapter 6 Frame 26 |
August Decrees Liberte Egalite Fraternite |
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Chapter 6 Frame 35 |
Declaration of the Rights of Man Equal rights of women with men? What about free blacks? Could slavery be justified if all men were born free? Did religious tolerance of Protestants and Jews include equal political rights? |
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Assignats |
French Revolution money |
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War of 1st Coalition |
Traditional name of wars that several European powers between 1792 and 1797 against the French First Republic |
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Committee of Public Safety |
To oversee and speed up the work of the government during this crisis |
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Maximilian Robespierre |
French lawyer and politician Suppressed political enemies during the French Revolution. |
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Vendee Revolt |
Provincial residence of Vendee region took up arms against the French National Convention |
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The Directory |
Five member committee that governed France after replacing the Public safety committee |
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Coup of 18 Bumaire |
Overthrew the government under the Directory, making way for Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Key Figures of the Congress of Vienna |
Tsar Alexander 1st Viscount Castlereagh Prince Klemens von Matternich King Frederich 3rd Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Tallyrand |
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Chapter 6 Frame 43 |
The Pope had no power to appoint French clergy. |
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Corsica |
Island in Mediterranean sea Fought for its independence from Genoa France acquired from Genoa, Italy |
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Haitian Independence |
Conflicts between Haitian slaves, colonists, and French/British colonizers Haitian people are the first slave revolt to win their independence |
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Josephine |
First empress of france after Napokeon declared himself emperor |
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Marie-Loise |
From Austria Married Napoleon on March 12, 1810 in Vienna |
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Third of May |
Painting by Francisco Goya to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies in the Peninsular war |
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The Big Blunder |
Napoleon's retreat from Spain after his defeat in Russia |
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Napoleon's troops at the gates of Moscow |
Moscow was empty and burned before he got there |
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Elba |
The island Napoleon was banished to |
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The 100 days |
Period between Napoleons exile and the second restoration of King Louis 18th |
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Waterloo |
Fought between French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a prussian army Napoleon commanded the french army until he lost the Battle of Waterloo |
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Saint-Helena |
Island in the South Atlantic where Napokeon died in exile |
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Key players |
Tsar Alexander 1st Prince Klemon von Metternich Viscount Vastlereagh Charles Maurice de Tallyrand King Frederick William 3rd |
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Germanic Confederation |
Created using 30+ states from under the previous Austrian rule |