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| 3838804 | Mary Wollstonecraft | An 18th century British writer, philosopher, and feminist, she is best known for writing a history of the French Revolution and the Vindication of the Rights of Women. | |
| 3838805 | Olympia de Gouges | A French feminist playwright and journalist, wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen | |
| 3838806 | Reign of Terror | (September 5, 1793 - July 28, 1794) The period in France during which the mass execution of enemies of the revolution (basically anyone Robespierre didn't like) occurred. It ended when Robespierre, himself, was executed and took nearly 40,000 lives. | |
| 3838807 | La Marseillaise | Now the French National Anthem, was written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792, intended to rally people for the revolution. | |
| 3838808 | Directory | The government in France from 1795 until Napoleon in 1799, commonly considered the last stage of the Revolution. | |
| 3838809 | Tennis Court Oath | When France's Third Estate representatives were (accidentally?) locked out of their common meeting place, they moved to a nearby tennis court, swearing not to disband until France had a constitution. | |
| 3838810 | March on Versailles | Or the 'Bread March of Women' was due to bread shortages and increasingly high prices. In 1789 when rumors spread that nobles were hoarding bread, women joined together and stormed Versailles, blaming the situation on Marie Antoinette. | |
| 3838811 | Departments | A geographically defined area of a centralized state which functions as an administrative unit | |
| 3838812 | Assignats | Were banknotes (like checks from the government) in France because France was bankrupt. They were originally only meant as bonds, but the shortage of money lead to them being used as currency | |
| 3838813 | Refractory Clergy | Roman Catholic Clergy who, during the French Revolution, refused to swear allegiance to the new Civil Constitution. | |
| 3838814 | Émigrés | French nobles or aristocrats that left France because of the French Revolution. | |
| 3838815 | Declaration of Pillnitz | A statement agreed upon by Leopold II and Fredrick William II to intervene if Louis XVI was threatened by revolution. | |
| 3838816 | Stamp Act | A tax by the British on the Americans that affected most printed material, America was able to convince Britain to repeal it, thus giving us a sense of power. | |
| 3838817 | Waterloo | Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle, the end of the '100 days' and Napoleon's rule in France. After the battle, he was exiled for good, and Michael Nay was sentenced to be executed for treason. | |
| 3838818 | Campo Formia | Treaty with Austria in which Napoleon gains southern Austrian lands | |
| 3838819 | Treaty of Lunéville | Austria accepts loss of almost all Italian possessions and their Germany territory on the west bank of the Rhine | |
| 3838820 | Trafalgar | on October 21, Napolean tries with French and Spanish fleets is annihilated by Lord Nelson of England | |
| 3838821 | Nelson | Defeats the French at Trafalgar | |
| 3838822 | Tilsit | The treaty made after the French defeat Austria/Russia. Prussia remains neutral and Alexander I says we are going back to Russia. It was established between Alexander I and Napoleon, while on a raft. | |
| 3838823 | Quadruple alliance | Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia all form against France. This is also known as the 4th Coalition. They attack France, causing the downfall of Napoleon. |
