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| 277932475 | The Spirit Of the Laws | This work by Montesquieu called for a separation of powers and heavily influenced the formation of American government. | 0 | |
| 277932476 | Congress of Vienna | Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon. | 1 | |
| 277932477 | Revolutions of 1848 | Democratic and nationalist revolutions that swept across Europe. The monarchy in France was overthrown. In Germany, Austria, Italy, and Hungary the revolutions failed. | 2 | |
| 277932478 | Simon Bolivar | Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule. | 3 | |
| 277932479 | Estates General | The French national assembly summoned in 1789 to remedy the financial crisis and correct abuses of the ancien regime. | 4 | |
| 277932480 | Olympe de Gouges | French journalist who published the declaration of rights of women and the female citizens. | 5 | |
| 277932481 | John Locke | English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. | 6 | |
| 277932482 | Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette | queen and king during the French Revolution, Marie was Austrian (French hate Austrians) lived a spoiled, lavish lifestyle when the rest of France was starving. | 7 | |
| 277932483 | Maximilien Robespierre | Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical phases of the French Revolution. His execution ended the Reign of Terror. | 8 | |
| 277932484 | Napoleon Bonaparte | 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. | 9 | |
| 277932485 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution. | 10 | |
| 277932486 | Ancien Regime | The old order before the Revolution in France | 11 | |
| 277932487 | National Assembly | French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. (p. 585) | 12 | |
| 277932488 | Jacobins | Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794. | 13 | |
| 277932489 | Directory | Group of five men who served as liaisons between Robespierre and the Assembly. Overthrown by Napoleon. | 14 | |
| 277932490 | Civil Code | The French legal code fromulated by Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814) in 1804. Also called the Napoleonic Code, it reaffirmed many of the social liberties that had been introduced during the Revolution (1789-99) while at the same time reestablishing a patriarchal system. Property rights, religious liberty, and equal treatment under the law to all classes of men were assured. However, it curtailed many of the rights of women, restricting them to the private sphere of the home and giving males greater authority over them. | 15 |
