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CLEP Western Civilization II: French Revolution And Napoleon

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1. Napoleon invaded Russia. The Russian basically ruined the land so the French could not live there. 1 out of 6 got out of Russia. Napoleon had never experienced this before.






2. 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Female Citizen' equality in politics for both women and men.






3. 1787. called by Louis XVI. Wanted the first and second estates to agree on taxing the church and nobles. They refused. Banks stopped letting the king borrow money. 1788. King called for the Estate General.






4. Made primogeniture illegal. (most of the father's property went to the oldest son)






5. Political radicals who were in the Legislative Assembly and decided on war. Georges Jacques Danton and Jean Paul Marat.






6. Nobles were taking grain to scare the peseants into submission. Some peseants attacked - burning mansions - and killing some nobles.






7. Second estate. they bought their statuses like the parlements. ('positions in France's high courts') rea. p. 42






8. Owned some land. paid a lot of the taxes and they also had to pay tithes.






9. Made the clergy promise that they would be loyal to the nation. Said that bishops would have to be elected by non-clergymen. 1/2 of the clergy would not sign the oath.






10. Luois XVI was killed by the new invention the Guillotine.






11. Louis XVI wanted him to support him in the revolution. Louis tried to sneak out of France but was caught. The rumor was that he had been kidnapped. (not a true rumor - he was arrested)






12. Said all people were equal-'liberty - property - security - and resistance to oppression' rea. p 45 all the power was in the nation - not the people.






13. Led by Danton. executed many people who were dangerous to the revolution.






14. 1769-1821. threatened Britain in Egypt but was defeated by Lord Horatio Nelson. discovered the Rosetta Stone making it possible to understand hieroglyphics. Sold the Louisiana territory to the u.s. because of the war expense.






15. 'the old order of kings' rea p. 45 National Assemble declared that this no longer existed.






16. 'the end of radical revolution' 'Jacobins were purged from political groups' rea. p. 48 1795 a new constitution was written by the National Convention. Directory-5 men.






17. This meant that the monarch shared power with the National Assembly and could not act beyond the powers granted him by the constitution. rea p. 45






18. Clergy. Did not pay any taxes.






19. France's war effort against the other countries. Danton led this and Maximilien Robespierre did later. They made the first European national army. executed Marie Antoinette because she was against the revolution.






20. Originally the National Assembly. 1792 mobs invade this and made it allow all men to vote. They also ended the monarchy.






21. Paris. did not want the monarchy.






22. The best example of a country who had to reform after the war. this helped with the growth of nationalism in this country. 1814 had 270 -000 soldiers.






23. Second estate. nobles by birth. not all of them were rich.






24. Nobles of the word and nobles of the robe. few taxes.






25. Would not allow anyone to trade with Britain in order to ruin it.






26. 1807. Russia and Napoleon for some land. by 1810 they no longer wanted this treaty.






27. Countryside. wanted the monarchy.






28. Divided into territories between 1793 and 1795 and no longer existed until after WW I.






29. The new name for the Notre Dame cathedral.






30. Louis sent more troops to Paris and the people attacked this prison. They killed the guards and carried their heads around the city.






31. Napoleon. said he needed control of all of France in order to have order. He was then renamed the emperor. He was important because: he helped France become stable; recognized Catholicism; said levels of government were not by status - but merit; sai






32. Was the Legislative Assembly. They ended the monarchy in France.






33. The new name of the Third Estate.






34. Mass execution of men and women through drowning and the guillotine. 25 -000-50 -000 were killed.






35. Area in Western France who questioned the authority of National Convention.






36. June 20 - 1789 Louis XVI locked the thirst estate out of the place where they normally met for meetings. They said they would stay at Versailles until they had a new constitution for France.






37. France helped Prussia which soon would become a threat. Britain came into the war because of France's help.






38. A name of the months created in the new calendar. ten-day week created and holidays removed. this calendar was no longer used in 1806.






39. Started because of Napoleon who wanted Portugal to stop its trading with Britain.






40. People who were not in the other two estates. merchants - peasants - and middle class. bourgeoisie.






41. France was no longer constantly at war.






42. Prussia's king. Declaration of Pillnitz. said if the royalty was harmed he and Austria (Leopold) would attack France.






43. Laws in the U.S. to somewhat keep French revolutionaries from immigrating to America.