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CLEP Western Civilization II: French Revolution And Napoleon

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






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






3. The new name of the Third Estate.






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Paris. did not want the monarchy.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 1807. Russia and Napoleon for some land. by 1810 they no longer wanted this treaty.






18. France was no longer constantly at war.






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






20. '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.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Countryside. wanted the monarchy.






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






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






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






30. Clergy. Did not pay any taxes.