French Revolution & Industrial Revolution Flashcards
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| 2316705237 | Liberal | A left wing person who favors a political philosophy of progress, change, and reform. |  | 0 |
| 2316705238 | Conservative | A right wing person who resists change and holds to traditional values and attitudes. |  | 1 |
| 2316706680 | Moderate | Person whose views are between conservative and liberal and may include some of both ideologies |  | 2 |
| 2316707803 | 1st Estate | 1% of France's population, consisted of the Roman Catholic Church, Higher and lower Clergy! Did not pay taxes. |  | 3 |
| 2316707804 | 2nd Estate | Nobility (wealthy), less than 2% of population, but owns 20% of land. Paid almost no taxes, held highest offices in government |  | 4 |
| 2316709748 | 3rd Estate | 98% of population, paid high taxes, bourgeoisie, peasants, urban workers, unhappy with government |  | 5 |
| 2316711231 | Causes of the French Revolution | Financial problems, ideas of the Enlightenment, Weak leadership under Louis XVI |  | 6 |
| 2316712165 | Storming of the Bastille | 1st symbolic act of mob violence against the King and considered the beginning of the French Revolution |  | 7 |
| 2316713275 | Reign of Terror | 1793-1794; anyone who didn't go along with the Revolution was executed; Committee of Public Safety killed people opposed to revolution (fear). 30-40,000 people killed. Time of fear and chaos. |  | 8 |
| 2316714243 | Napoleon Bonaparte | (1769-1821) General during the French Revolution, who seized power in 1799, declared himself emperor in 1804, and conquered much of Europe. He provided stability to France after the Revolution. |  | 9 |
| 2316744763 | Industrial Revolution | shift from making goods by hand to making goods by machine. |  | 10 |
| 2316745646 | factors of production | land, labor, and capital |  | 11 |
| 2316746425 | Unions | voluntary associations of workers seeking labor reform. |  | 12 |
| 2316747704 | factory system | A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building |  | 13 |
| 2316748997 | Economic effects of Industrial Revolution | more products at a cheaper price |  | 14 |
| 2316749811 | capitalism | economic system in which money is invested with the goal of making a profit. |  | 15 |