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Flashcards by Jordan Berk, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jordan Berk
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Émigrés | French nobles who fled from France during the Revolution |
| Tennis Court Oath | Oath made by the National Assembly stating that they would not disband until a new constitution was created |
| Robespierre | Violent leader of the Jacobins and was the main reason for the start of the Reign of Terror |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | Gained military power at the age of 27; he became the dictator of France that everyone liked |
| Reign of Terror | Period of time when Maximilian Robespierre executed thousands of innocent people using guillotines to express his power |
| Napoleonic Code | v |
| Congress of Vienna | A meeting between multiple countries after the Reign of Terror; the countries gave power back to the royal families in France who ruled before the French Revolution |
| Battle of Waterloo | Napoleon’s last battle, which ended his time in leadership; between Britain and Napoleon |
| Three Estates | In the Feudalist government of the Old Regime, three social classes existed: First Estate (rich, clergy, Church members), Second Estate (rich, nobles, émigrés, court system), Third Estate (everyone else, from rich to poor, bourgeois |
| Great Fear | A period of time when there were rumors going around that nobles were going to overthrow the peasants |
| Jacobins | Robespierre’s group of radicals that killed thousands of people using guillotines |
| Estates General | Government made up of the 3 estates; the 1st and 2nd usually outvoted the 3rd estate, which made it unfair |
| National Convention | Tried King Louis XVI for treason |
| National Assembly | A fair government that passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the first French constitution; Captured King Louis XVI |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | Demonstrated the democratic principles being brought the French Government |
| Civil Constitution of the Clergy | Document created by the National Assembly that gave the French Government control over the Church |
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