World History Exam 3--French Revolution Flashcards
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| 1023600218 | 3 Estates | Social Classes in France | |
| 1023600219 | 1st Estate | the clergy of the church; 1% of population; owned 10% of the land; paid no taxes | |
| 1023600220 | 2nd Estate | nobility; 2% of the population; paid little taxes; collected dues; land ownership when to the eldest son | |
| 1023600221 | 3rd Estate | everybody else; paid most of the taxes and had the least amount of property | |
| 1023600222 | Louis XVI | king of France that was beheaded during the revolution | |
| 1023600223 | Tennis Court Oath | 3rd estate promised to meet and to create a fair constitution | |
| 1023600224 | Storming of the Bastille | 800 protesters; demand guns and ammunition; troops open fire; prison is stormed | |
| 1023600225 | July 14, 1789 | Beginning of the French Revolution (date) | |
| 1023600226 | Declaration of the Rights of Man | document that gave the French men their basic rights | |
| 1023600227 | March on Versailles | the event where a group of women demanded bread and kidnaped King Louis XIV | |
| 1023600228 | 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 | |
| 1023600229 | Robespierre | leader of Committee of Public safety; executed in 1794; end of reign of terror | |
| 1023600230 | 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 | |
| 1023600231 | Napoleonic Code | Napoleon's comprehensive laws that was his systems of laws that created fairness in France; women lost rights under Napoloen | |
| 1023600232 | 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 | |
| 1023600233 | Continental System | Napoleon's policy that prohibited countries on the European mainland could not trade with England | |
| 1023600234 | Congress of Vienna | The meeting between the countries that defeated Napoleon; they wanted to restore the balance of power that existed before Revolution | |
| 1023600235 | Declaration of the Rights of Women | Written by Olympe de Gouges. Women receiving rights was too radical, she was guillotined. |