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114034067Abbe SieyesWhat Is the Third Estate? -Everything What is it being? -Nothing What does it want? -To be something 1man=1vote idea (rejected)
114034068What is the Third Estate?Abbe Sieyes 1man=1vote
114034069Neckertried to reform taxes and the taxation problems
114034070parlements13 of them which were ruled by the nobles basically court systems
114034071First EstateMade up of wealthy clergy Numbers declined during the enlightenment
114034072Second EstateMade up of Nobles (who had tax exemptions) Basically run the country because L15 & L16 were weak Want to shove L16th aside
114034073Nobility of the Swordoriginal nobles who inherited their places
114034074Nobility of the Robebought their way in
114034075Third EstateMade up of everyone else (who owned land) Some were starving Wanted tax exemptions
114034076National Assembly1st Government try (in the Revolution) 3rd Estate was kicked out of the Estates General, so they went to a tennis court and formed this coalition takes land from the clergy lead the revolution
114034077Causes of the French Revolution1.) Country in debt from wars 2.) Nobles didn't have to pay taxes 3.) Peasants were starving
114034078Olympe de GougesFrench feminist Mad that the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen didn't mention women Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women
114034079Great Fearpeasants heard rumors of bandits coming and attacking and they went bonkers and killed some of their nobles
114034080Declaration of Rights of Man and CitizenSimilar to the Declaration of Independence, the National Assembly wrote this in order to give everyone the right to vote and said that the government should protect the rights of the people.
114034081Declaration of the Rights of WomenWritten by deGouges How women should be accepted in Government Rejected
114034082Civil constitution of the ClergyNational Assembly makes the clergy sign a contract with the government Overshadows Papal Decrees to France
114034083RefractoryClergy members that secretly didn't agree with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy Error in the Revolution
114034084Legislative Assembly2nd Government try Had separation of powers king could still veto members had to be elected
114034085Sans-Culottesmostly Jacobins poor didn't own land-->couldn't make government decisions
114034086JacobinsLiberal Hated king wanted the poor to run the government
114034087National Convention3rd Government try Results from sans-culottes storming the Legislative Assembly Used Universal Manhood Suffrage
114034088Universal Manhood Suffragegiving all adult men the right to vote beginning of radical revolution
114034089GirondinsConservatives didn't think the king should have to die more moderate
114034090Mountainsrepresented city interests extreme radicals wanted complete equality
114034091Paris ComuneExtremists Responsible for most of the deaths during the revolution
114034092MaratRadical Jacobin martyr of the revolution saint of the cult of reason
1140340935 or 600 heads will spare 10,000Marat, referring to killing nobles for the revolutions sake
114034094Constitution of 1791Written by the Constituent Assembly (before Legislative Assembly) constitutional monarchy unicameral legislature
114034095The TerrorBegan with Robespierre executing people Ended with Thermadorian Reaction
114034096Thermadorian ReactionGirondins gather and kill Robespierre and the National Assembly Convention stops supporting the Committee on Public Safety Revolution becomes more conservative
114034097First Republic1792 Created by the National Convention
114034098Fall of the BastilleJuly 14th, 1789 Working class end of absolutism
114034099Nation of Virtuepart of deChristianization replacement for religion
114034100Dantontop Lieutenant to Robespierre Killed by Robespierre when he became a dictator
114034101cult of reasonlead the deChristianization in France
114034102cult of the supreme beingthe only place religion was kind of acceptable worshiped a "natural god" creation not creator
114034103Flight to Varensewhen Louis the 16th tried to escape with Marie Antoinette to Austria, but they were captured
114034104Levee en Massea draft to the army to help the committee on public safety
114034105CordayGirondin woman that killed Morat in the bathtub
114034106La Marseillaisethe French national anthem
114153990Mary Shelleywrote "Frankenstein" which was a criticism of man controlling nature, "Gothic literature"
114153991Mary WollstonecraftWrote Vindication of the Rights of Man and A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Feminist
114153992Marie LouiseAustrian princess second wife of Napoleon
114153993King of RomeNapoleon's son a Pope was imprisoned for protesting it
114153994ConsulateAfter the Directory Established by Napoleon Nepoleon=1st consule
114153995Concordat of 1801Makes friends with the Pope Pope accepts revolution
114153996Napoleonic CodeCode that Napoleon enforced wherever he conquered included: free speech and religion set up military schools was a great life for men, but not women and children
114153997lyceesGovernment-Run public schools Part of the Napoleonic Code
114153998First Empire1804 All of Napoleon's land
114153999GoyaSpanish painter that depicted the wars during the Napoleonic reign
114249713Alexander ITsar of Russia Fought Napoleon Signed the treaty of Tilsit --France gives up fighting Russia for awhile
114249714Louis XVIIdisappeared
114249715Louis XVIIIbrother of Louis XVI runs away when Napoleon comes back
114249716Duke of Wellingtonleader of the combined British and Prussian army; would defeat Napoleon at Waterloo
114249717Lord NelsonBrtains best admiral Killed in Battle of Trafalgar
114249718Grand ArmyNapoleon's Army
114249719Treaty of Ameins(1802) Treaty with Britain in which France remained in control of the Austrian Netherlands and Holland. Considered a great victory over Britain.
114249720Battle of TrafalgarNapoleon's navy sucked He tried to finish off Europe by getting Britain first major defeat
114249721Battle of AusterlitzNapoleon defeats Austria and Russia in 1805
114249722Battle of JennaNapoleon defeats Prussia in 1805
114249723Confederation of the Rhinenew name for HRE ruled by a relatve of Napoleon
114249724"nation of Shopkeepers"What Napoleon called Britain Then tries the Continental system
114249725carbonariItalian secret society Tried to overthrow Napoleon and his relatives Liberal patriots
114249726Treaty of TilsitBetween Tsar Alex I and NB NB conquered Prussia
114249727MetternichConservative Tried to get europe back to normal
114249728Congress of Viennaconservative, reactionary meeting led by prince metternich restore europe to prerevolution time
114249729CastlereaghBritish representative at Congress of Vienna.
114249730TalleyrandFrench minister of Foreign affairs Representative in Congress of Vienna
114249731Edmund BurkeFather of modern conservatism revolution-phobic
114249732Reforms on the Revolution in FranceBy Edmund Burke Defended inherited throans very conservative
114249733WesleyEnglish clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
114249734Concert of Europemeetings between the holy alliance and the quadruple alliance. Its objective was to avoid major european conflicts by resolving local problems peacefully Metternich
114249735Conservatismfounded by Burke
114249736Methodismform of protestantism said God loves us and we can be saved by faith Wesley
114249737Byrona rebel poet wrote about the French revolution
114249738WordsworthEnglish Romanticist poet Childhood brings imagination fond of French revolution
114249739GoetheGerman leading Romantic writer
114249740Blakevisionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
114249741DelacroixFrench Romantic artist political painter "Liberty Leading the People"
114249742BeethovenGerman musitian Romanticism/classcal
114249743ScottBritish Author Hstorical Novels Ballads
114249744Romanticism19th century artistic and litterature movement appealed to emotion rather than reason
114249745French EmpireWhat was actually France France down to Rome, Netherlands, Belgium
114249746Grand EmpireIndirectly ruled Confed. of the Rhine, Austria, Russia, Prussia
114249747Battle of the NationsLeipzig Battle Napoleon was finally defeated Russia, Prussia, Austria, Britain
114249748Nicknames of Napoleon"la'petitte corpralle" "Man of Destiny"
114249749Metric SystemJohn Wilkins Englishman
114249750Thomas PaineAmerican Revolutionary wrote "Common Sense"
114249751L'OvertureRestored order to Haiti after all of the slaves revolted
114249752Coup d'etat of BrumaireAbbe Siyese helps NB drive out Directory at gunpoint
114249753Haitian Slave Revolt500,000 Africans brought to Haiti to be enslaved they rebelled in 1790 while the French Revolution was going on
114249754the Directory4th government try leadership passed to 5 directors Girondins Almost overthrown, but its army was too strong
114249755Thermidorian ReactionRobespierre is killed Girondins take over return to catholicism
114249756Vendee rebellionpeasents in the vendee region rebelled very bloody

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