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| 2236104564 | 3 Estates | Social Classes in France | 0 | |
| 2236104565 | 1st Estate | the clergy of the church; 1% of population; owned 10% of the land; paid no taxes | 1 | |
| 2236104566 | 2nd Estate | nobility; 2% of the population; paid little taxes; collected dues; land ownership when to the eldest son | 2 | |
| 2236104567 | 3rd Estate | everybody else; paid most of the taxes and had the least amount of property | 3 | |
| 2236104568 | Louis XVI | king of France that was beheaded during the revolution | 4 | |
| 2236104569 | Tennis Court Oath | never separate and to meet whenever possible to create a fair constitution | 5 | |
| 2236104570 | Storming of the Bastille | 800 protesters; demand guns and ammunition; troops open fire; prison is stormed | 6 | |
| 2236104571 | July 14, 1789 | Beginning of the French Revolution (date) | 7 | |
| 2236104572 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | document that gave the French men their basic rights | 8 | |
| 2236104573 | March on Versailles | the event where a group of women demanded bread and kidnaped King Louis XIV | 9 | |
| 2236104574 | Committee of Public Safety | 12 man committee that was said that the only way liberty could be achieved was for men to lose their heads; led by Maximilien Robespierre | 10 | |
| 2236104575 | Robespierre | leader of Committee of Public safety; executed in 1794; end of reign of terror | 11 | |
| 2236104576 | Reign of Terror | period of time when many people died; supposed to be about liberty, but it's just bloodshed; ended with Maximilian's execution | 12 | |
| 2236104577 | Napoleonic Code | Napoleon's comprehensive laws that was his systems of laws that created fairness in France | 13 | |
| 2236104578 | Blockade | the action of blocking the allowance of goods from a certain place to come into your country; France said no one could trade with England | 14 | |
| 2236104579 | Continental System | the rule that said you are not allowed to trade with people on the same continent as you; France said that no one could trade with England | 15 | |
| 2236104580 | guerilla warfare | the style of battle that consisted of hit and run; shoot and leave | 16 | |
| 2236104581 | Explain how Russia was able to defeat Napoleon. | Nearly all of the Napoleon's 400,000 troops sent on a campaign in Russia died, most from hunger and the cold of the Russian winter; Left with 100,000 troops | 17 | |
| 2236104582 | scorched earth policy | set everything on fire, then Russian would retreat | 18 | |
| 2236104583 | Congress of Vienna | the meeting between the countries that defeated Napoleon; they wanted to restore the balance that existed before Revolution | 19 | |
| 2236104584 | Austria, Russia, Prussia, UK, France | What countries were present at Vienna? | 20 | |
| 2236104585 | Goals of Congress of Vienna | to make sure France never got as powerful as it was with Napoleon as its leader and to restore all monarchies and the balance of power | 21 | |
| 2236104586 | legitimacy | ruling families prior to the revolution are returned to throne | 22 | |
| 2236104587 | bourgeoisie | French upper middle class | 23 | |
| 2236104588 | deficit spending | -spending more money than the gov. receives in revenue | 24 | |
| 2236104589 | Estate General | An assembly of representatives from all three of estates of social classes in France | 25 | |
| 2236104590 | Bastille | A grim medieval fortress used as a prison for political and other prisoners. | 26 | |
| 2236104591 | emigre | French nobility who fled country to escape the Revolution | 27 | |
| 2236104592 | san-culotte | Working-class men who pushed the revolution into a more radical phase | 28 | |
| 2236104593 | jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. | 29 | |
| 2236104594 | republic | A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting | 30 | |
| 2236104595 | Lafayette | Noble man who organized the middle class during the French Revolution. | 31 | |
| 2236104596 | suffrage | THE RIGHT TO VOTE | 32 | |
| 2236104597 | nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country | 33 | |
| 2236104598 | guillotine | A machine used to behead people; it was suppose to make death quick and painless | 34 | |
| 2236104599 | Napoleon | Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile. (p. 591) | 35 | |
| 2236104600 | abdicate | to give up a position, right, or power | 36 |
