8106055553 | The French Revolution causes | 1789-1799, spread of enlightenment Inequality in social classes Unfair tax system Bankrupt government | 0 | |
8106055554 | The 3 estates | Elections where held in France to select delegates And each group had a right to vote which 3rd thought unfair and eventually the 3rd left meeting to protest | 1 | |
8106055555 | Estates General | A government body where all three estates were represented | 2 | |
8106055556 | National Assembly | 3rd estate declaration that it was the only true govt. in france | 3 | |
8106055557 | Tennis Court Oath | Promise to write a new constitution for France | 4 | |
8106055558 | The Bastille | A prison in France, became a symbol of the French Revolution where people stormed and fighting broke out all over Europe | 5 | |
8106055559 | The declaration of the rights of men | Written in August 1789 abolished the privileges of the 1st and 2nd estate, men have natural rights and all male citizens are equal under law | 6 | |
8106055560 | Constitution of 1791 | written by the National Assembly which set up frances new govt: a limited monarchy, Louie the XVI would reign | 7 | |
8106055561 | Unicameral | One-house legislature | 8 | |
8106055562 | Limited Monarchy | a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution, frances new government | 9 | |
8106055563 | regicide | Execution of king and queen, Louis the XVI and wife because many didn't trust the king because he began as a divine right ruler | 10 | |
8106055564 | Directory | What the Power shifted back to a after the government created the committee of public safety | 11 | |
8106055565 | Coup d'etat | A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group that contained Napoleon Bonaparte | 12 | |
8106055566 | Continental System | Napoleon tried a European self sufficiency to defeat England but failed | 13 | |
8106055567 | Napoleonic Code | law code that embodied Enlightenment ideas, promoted social equality, religious toleration and trial by jury | 14 | |
8106055568 | Nationalism | People in conquered territories looked at Napoleon and his army as foreign oppressors, people in Europe revolted against French rules | 15 | |
8106055569 | Scorched Earth Policy | Burning crops and villages as they retreated , left French troops hungry and cold | 16 | |
8106055570 | Battle at Waterloo | Napoleon is defeated by the British and Prussians for the final time | 17 | |
8106055571 | Louis XIV | king of France from 1643 to 1715 | 18 | |
8106055572 | 3rd estate | commoners | 19 | |
8106055573 | Jacobin Party | Radicals who wanted political change, social change, and cultural change | 20 | |
8106055574 | Maximilien Robespierre | Leader of the Jacobins | 21 | |
8106055575 | Committee of Public Safety | This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror to save revolution from invasion | 22 | |
8106055576 | Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) | 23 |
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