Term
Where did Louis XVI and Marie flee to?
Who influenced him to flee?
What was this viewed as?
What does he lose? |
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Definition
1) Varennes
2) His younger brother that was an emigree (Yes, this isn't in our notes =O)
3) him abandoning his people
4) confidence of his people (doesn't support government) |
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Term
What does the NA try to do to cover up Louis XVI's escape? |
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Definition
Say he was kidnapped (Not from our notes either!!) |
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Term
Who criticized the French Revolution and said it would lead to dictatorship and anarchy?
What was the only thing he defended? |
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Definition
1) Edmund Burke
2) Inherited rights for the monarchs/nobles |
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Term
Who defended the French Revolution and said that liberty would prevail?
Overall around Europe, how did people feel about the FR (French Rev.) |
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Definition
1) Thomas Paine
2) Knew that it would determine the future of Europe; scared |
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Term
In 1791, a new group of legislators replaced the NA becoming?
Who dominated this?
What was the radical group of these people? |
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Definition
1) Legislative Assembly
2) Jacobins
3) Girondins |
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Term
What did the Girondins stress in the LA (Legislative Assembly)? |
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Definition
1)Country should go to war to protect the revolution worldwide (spread it) |
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Term
Who were the Emigres?
What did they try to do? |
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Definition
1) French nobles who fled from France
2) Get Prussia/Austira against France to restore military |
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Term
What happened in the Declaration of Pillnantz?
Who declared war? |
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Definition
1)Prussia/Austria joined forces against France
2)LA did |
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Term
How does the battle between Austria/France play out?
What distracts Austria/Prussia?
What did the Jacobins believe? |
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Definition
1) Austria is winning
2) Partitioning of Poland
3) That Louis XVI was trying to lose on purpose (not trying) |
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Term
What was Brunswick Manifesto?
What happens immediately after this? |
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Definition
1)Prussia/Austria threated Paris if they injured Louis and his wife
2)Radicals storm the palace of Tuileries/arrest King Louis =( |
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Term
What came about in the "Second Revolution" after King Louis was suspended from office? |
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Definition
Paris Commune led by Danton |
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Term
The Paris Commune stole power from what other government assembly?
What type of government did they want? |
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Definition
1) Legislative Assembly
2) Republic |
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Term
What caused the September Massacres?
Overall, who were targets? Where were they at? |
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Definition
1) Fear of conspiracy by aristocrats/priests plotting with foreign countries against the Rev.
2) Opposers of the PC (Paris Commune)
3) Jail/Prison |
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Term
In the Age of Rousseau, which two "Assemblies" were important? (Didn't have Assembly in their name) |
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Definition
1) The National Convention (Convention)
2) Directory |
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Term
What did the National Convention abolish?
What type of government did it want?
What did it want overall for the people? (involved their rights) |
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Definition
1) monarcy (dun dun dun, Louis XVI <--- sucks to be him)
2) Republic
3) Equal rights and liberty/fraternity |
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Term
What were the two groups in the Jacobins?
Which one was more moderate, favoring the King?
Which won was more radical?
^ This one had which famous people? |
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Definition
1) Mountain + Girondins
2) Girondins
3) Mountain
4) Marat, Robespierre, Danton |
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Term
Which class was extremely radical and was made up of the working class?
What did they take part in before? |
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Definition
1) Sans-Culottes
2) Bastille/March on Versailles/Taking King at palace of Tuileries/Sept. Massacres |
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Term
What happened when the Convention voted on 360-361? |
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Definition
Louis XVI was guillotined |
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Term
What point of view to the Girondins start taking toward the revolution?
What did Charlotte Corday do? |
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Definition
1) Counter Revolutionary point of view
2) Kills Marat |
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Term
What was formed that consisted of Robespierre, Danton, and others?
This was like a? |
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Definition
1) Committee of Public Safety
2) Dictatorship |
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Term
What did the Law of Maximum establish?
What caused it?
Which person during the enlightenment would be unhappy? |
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Definition
1) Maximum prices on items such as bread
2) Shortages on food and economy problems
3) Adam Smith, because the government has control of this economy |
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Term
Who was targeted during the Reign of Terror?
What happened to the majority of the people? Some people were also? |
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Definition
1) Enemies/Counter revolutionists such as Louis' wife
2) Imprisoned
3) Killed |
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Term
What happens when Robespierre realizes that the Reign of Terror got out of hand? |
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Definition
Turns on Danton and leaders from the left/right |
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Term
What did the Law of 22 Prairial say? |
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Definition
Convict anyone for anything without any evidence on them (Just say, OMG that bastard is against the revoltion, and then they will say, off with his head!!!!!!!) |
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Term
Why was Robespierre and many other members of the CPS executed?
Who were they executed by?:
This leads into the? |
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Definition
1) Because people saw them as dictators
2) Peasants/the People
3) Thermidorian Reaction |
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Term
What happened in the Thermidorian Reaction? |
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Definition
-Jacobins executed
-Law of 22 Prairial repealed
- CPS abolished |
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Term
Who was Lazare Carnot?
What did he establish that was unpopular with the people? |
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Definition
1) Military leader who pushed back the Austrians/Prussians
2) Levee en masse (drafting anyone for the army) |
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Term
In the "New Calendar", what was significant about Sept. 22, 1792?
Since the Christian calendar was abolished, what happened to some churches/clergy? |
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Definition
1) 1st Day of the Republic
2) Killed/Destroyed |
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Term
In the new Republican government, what was the new assembly that was used to govern the people?
Who did most adult males vote for?
One could only vote if they owned? |
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Definition
1) Directory
2) Electors
3) Property |
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Term
Which class controlled the Directory?
It replaced the _____-______. (obvious right? - ) |
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Definition
1) Middle class
2) Sans- Cullotes |
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Term
What was the 2/3s law?
This means that the Directory would be made up of which class mostly?
Who felt unrepresented?
This led to who to come save the day? |
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Definition
1)2/3 men of Directory must be ex members of the Convnetion
2) Middle
3) Nobility/Aristocracy
4) Napoleon |
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Term
Who was the Directory reliant on?
Who was Gracchus Babuf? What did he try to do? |
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Definition
1) Military
2) Made the Conspiracy of Equals to overthrow Directory
3) Distribute property evenly
HE WAS KILLED. WOOPS :)
(yeah, I'm getting really bored hehe) |
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Term
In the Elections in April of 1797, what was the Directory mad about?
What did they do about this?
What did this reveal about the government? |
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Definition
1) Royalists won
2) Annulled it
3) Not a free Republic where people can choose who they want. |
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Term
What was the Conspiracy?
Who invited Napoleon into the Conspiracy?
What did they do? |
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Definition
1) Group against the Directory
2) Abbe Sieyes (screw the accent marks haha)
3) Overthrew Directory |
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Term
What was the Coup d Etat Brumaire?
What new era started?
What was a pebiscite?
Why was it approved by the public easily? |
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Definition
1)Napoleon driving the legislators out of LA
2) Consulate Era
3) Voting by general referendum
4) Gave the public more of a chance to be represented in vote. |
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