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| 5835190647 | French Revolution | (1789) -large changes socially and politically in France - overthrew Louis XVI and the monarchy, created a republic, went through the reign of terror and then Napoleon came in -many causes of the Revolution included lots of debt, problems within the estates and ideas prompted by the enlightenment - clergy was first Estate, Nobles were second estate and common peasant and such were third estate. - People were not happy with the taxes, bad harvests, new ideas and weak leadership caused the revolution. -third estate was the national assembly. equality fraternity, liberty. limited monarchy. |  | 0 |
| 5835319089 | Jacobin | -radical left wing group during revolution -closely allied with the sans-culottes -strict on Equality, want to take away the original social structure -leaders such as Lafayette | 1 | |
| 5835442355 | Reign of Terror | -phase of French Revolution with tons of executions -started with the Committee of Public Safety and Robespierre -reign of Terror ended with Robespierre's death |  | 2 |
| 5835571715 | Adam $mith | -Philosopher who contributed to economics -used the Laissez Faire idea -said government should have the role of an invisible hand in markets, and to mostly stay out of it. -wrote Wealth of Nations |  | 3 |
| 5835662620 | Laissez faire | idea or policy to leave things alone and let things work out naturally -for governments to leave people alone in the free market |  | 4 |
| 5835678711 | Tennis Court Oath | -members of the 3rd estate got together and took the oath to never separate until they had written the new Constitution - The members had got locked out of their original meeting place from the kings guards |  | 5 |
| 5835804137 | Committee of Public Safety | -created to protect the Republic -committee started out fine, however eventually Robespierre became a dictator of the group which caused chaos |  | 6 |
| 5840588215 | Frederick II of Prussia aka Frederick the Great | -king of Prussia who was a patron of the arts and the Enlightenment -made Prussia a strong military power -labeled himself "the first servant of the state" -considered a great leader and warrior and enlightened king who made reforms | 7 | |
| 5840674942 | Joseph II of Austria | -abolished serfdom and tried to make conditions for the lower class better -religious tolerant -wanted to make his country more equal |  | 8 |
| 5841563216 | Catherine the Great | -good Russian leader who expanded her country -her ruling known as the golden age -kept serfdom -leaned on her military generals and trusted nobles for advice -wanted to use enlightened ideas but often couldn't because the nobles didn't let her and kept her in check |  | 9 |
| 5841609105 | Robespierre (man of virtue) | -best known for his leadership in the reign of terror -member of the Committee of public safety, moved his way up in status and eventually was in charge -executed many people -was eventually executed himself | 10 | |
| 5841668700 | Jean Paul Marat (Voice of the angry people) | -known as a rather radical journalist in the French Revolution -pushed for the rights of everyone in his writings and gained support -killed by Charlotte Corday -in the radical group |  | 11 |
| 5842190251 | Napoleonic Code (civil code) | -created by Napoleon (obviously) and a group of people chosen by him -changed France's legal system -while males were granted rights, women's rights were reduced to nothing and men had all the power over their families. |  | 12 |
| 5842243484 | Physiocrats | -group of French economists who thought that a nation's wealth was based on agriculture | 13 | |
| 5842296957 | Jacques Louis David | -known painter - friend of Robespierre, after he died Jacques became a friend of Napoleon - painted Oath of the Horatii as seen in the picture -stayed for getting rid of the king in the French Revolution |  | 14 |
| 5842359078 | Concordat of 1801 | -agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII - brought back the Catholic church in France -this solved the problem of the Catholics against the State | 15 | |
| 5842397856 | meritocracy | -political idea that power should be in the hands of people with talent and ability | 16 | |
| 5842435084 | bourgeois | -part of the middle class of France -between nobility and peasants -merchants and guild members - | 17 | |
| 5847995651 | George Danton (man of the people) | -leader of the people early on -pres. of Committee of public safety early on |  | 18 |
