AP Flashcards

8106055553	The French Revolution causes	1789-1799, spread of enlightenment Inequality in social classes Unfair tax system Bankrupt government	0
8106055554	The 3 estates	Elections where held in France to select delegates And each group had a right to vote which 3rd thought unfair and eventually the 3rd left meeting to protest	1
8106055555	Estates General	A government body where all three estates were represented	2
8106055556	National Assembly	3rd estate declaration that it was the only true govt. in france	3
8106055557	Tennis Court Oath	Promise to write a new constitution for France	4
8106055558	The Bastille	A prison in France, became a symbol of the French Revolution where people stormed and fighting broke out all over Europe	5
8106055559	The declaration of the rights of men	Written in August 1789 abolished the privileges of the 1st and 2nd estate, men have natural rights and all male citizens are equal under law	6
8106055560	Constitution of 1791	written by the National Assembly which set up frances new govt: a limited monarchy, Louie the XVI would reign	7
8106055561	Unicameral	One-house legislature	8
8106055562	Limited Monarchy	a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution, frances new government	9
8106055563	regicide	Execution of king and queen, Louis the XVI and wife because many didn't trust the king because he began as a divine right ruler	10
8106055564	Directory	What the Power shifted back to a after the government created the committee of public safety	11
8106055565	Coup d'etat	A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group that contained Napoleon Bonaparte	12
8106055566	Continental System	Napoleon tried a European self sufficiency to defeat England but failed	13
8106055567	Napoleonic Code	law code that embodied Enlightenment ideas, promoted social equality, religious toleration and trial by jury	14
8106055568	Nationalism	People in conquered territories looked at Napoleon and his army as foreign oppressors, people in Europe revolted against French rules	15
8106055569	Scorched Earth Policy	Burning crops and villages as they retreated , left French troops hungry and cold	16
8106055570	Battle at Waterloo	Napoleon is defeated by the British and Prussians for the final time	17
8106055571	Louis XIV	king of France from 1643 to 1715	18
8106055572	3rd estate	commoners	19
8106055573	Jacobin Party	Radicals who wanted political change, social change, and cultural change	20
8106055574	Maximilien Robespierre	Leader of the Jacobins	21
8106055575	Committee of Public Safety	This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror to save revolution from invasion	22
8106055576	Napoleon Bonaparte	French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)	23