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#1 the Enlightenment
When the real world began and laws were influenced is the enlightenment |
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| An intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, and a desire to construct governments free of tyranny. |
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#2: Natural rights
The Natural rights were to have the rights thet were given to the people from life. |
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| We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These famous words come from the Declaration of Independence, one of the most important founding documents. |
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#3 Social contract
The Social contract was to have and come down to an agreement of any govermental kind with a signed contract.
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| Ill give it a shot. So a social contract is where a "persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live". Rousseau was most famous for coming up with the term but examples have always existed and exist right now. |
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#4: Thomas hobbes
Thomas hobbes was the man that belived government should not abuse the power obtained and was a wise philosopher.
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| English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) Synonyms: Hobbes Example of: philosopher. a specialist in philosophy. |
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#5: John Locke
John locke belived that the people were borned with a good will and that is was the coruption that made them change.
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| A seventeenth-century English philosopher. Locke argued against the belief that human beings are born with certain ideas already in their minds. He claimed that, on the contrary, the mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) until experience begins to “write” on it. |
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#6: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau belived that good was the reason to evrything and a bound should go through a social contract.
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| June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.Jean-Jacques Rousseau strongly believed in the innate goodness of man and in basic human rights founded upon universal natural law; in addition, he believed that both rulers and the citizens have natural human rights as well as obligations to each other which should be bound in a social contract. |
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#7Voltaire
Voltaire was the righter in the enlightenment.
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| 1694–1778), French writer, playwright, and poet; pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet. He was a leading figure of the Enlightenment, and frequently came into conflict with the Establishment as a result of his radical views and satirical writings. |
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#8: Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a man that beived in the democratic republic parties. |
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| A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers; the leader of the Democratic-Republican party. Jefferson was principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as president from 1801 to 1809, between John Adams and James Madison. |
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#9:George Washington
George washington was the leader that made the U.S. stand where its at right now with help of others. |
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| The first president of the United States, and the commanding general of the victorious American army in the Revolutionary War. The best known of the Founding Fathers, Washington is called the father of his country. He was born in 1732 in Virginia and showed early talent as a surveyor and farmer. |
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# 10 Baron de MontesquieuProclamation of 1763
Bron De Montequieu was a french lawyer and philosopher during the age of the enlightenment. |
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| harles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (/ˈmɒntᵻskjuː/; French: [mɔ̃tɛskjø]; 18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simplyMontesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. |
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#11: Paul Revere
Paul Revere Made a poem warning the colonists that the british troops were coming.
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| American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) |
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King George III
King Geoge was Known for insiting the royal privilage and blammed for the loss f the 13 colonies.
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| The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War. He was known for insisting on royal privilege. The stubbornness of George and of his government officials is often blamed for the loss of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. |
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#13: Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was a patriot and an author in the revolutionary war.
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| A patriot and author in the Revolutionary War, whose pamphlets, such as Common Senseand the American Crisis series, urged American independence. He took part in the French Revolution and wrote The Rights of Man to defend it against the criticisms of Edmund Burke. |
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#14: Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette was a french soilder that served under George Washington in the american revolution.
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| French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) La Fayette, Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier. |
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#15: General Cornwallis
General Cornwallis was in charge of the british forces during the american revolution. |
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| a general in charge of British forces during the American Revolution. When he admitted defeat to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown the war was ended. Cornwallis was later made Governor General of India. Check pronunciation: Lord Charles Cornwallis. |
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#16: Louis XIV
Louis XIV was a king of france and He holds the longest reign in history from any other country in Europe. |
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| Known as "Louis the Great" and "the Sun King." 1638-1715. King of France (1643-1715). His reign, the longest in French history, was characterized by a magnificent court, the expansion of French influence in Europe, and the establishment of overseas colonies. |
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#17: Louis XVI
Louis XVI summoned the estates general to undertake fiscal reforms. |
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| King of France (1774-1792). In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General to undertake fiscal reforms, an event that eventually led to the French Revolution. Louis was convicted of treason by the revolutionary government and executed in 1793. |
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#18: Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was a french queen. |
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| French queen, wife of Louis XVI. A daughter of Maria Theresa, she married the future Louis XVI of France in 1770. |
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#19: Maximilien RobespierreMilitia
Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most infuencial figures in reign of terror.
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| François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (French: [mak.si.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and politician. He was one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. |
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#20 Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges begn her carrer as a playright in the early 1780's |
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| (French: [olɛ̃p də ɡuʒ] ( listen); 7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793), born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s. |
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#21:Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a french militay leader and an emporer who conquered much of europe in the early 19th century. |
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| also known asNapoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799). |
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#22: Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was when the 13 colonies became independent and grew to as it is now. |
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| The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. |
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#23: Loyalists
The loyalist are the ones loyal to the country they live in and live under the rules they have and stay loyal to the country. |
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| a person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt. |
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#24: Partiots
Pariots are the omnes that are ready to defened their country agaisnt ther enemie. |
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| a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors. |
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#25: U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is the way to form a perfect union as states to a country. |
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| We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. |
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#26: Bill of Rights
The Bill Of Rights are the !0 Amenedents and the majority is filled with them. |
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| The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, theBill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. |
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#27: French and Indian War
The French and Indian War is the war when the indian and the french allied together to defeat britan. |
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| French and Indian War definition. A series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. The French and Indian Warwas the American phase of the Seven Years' War, which was then underway in Europe. |
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#28: Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is the law passed that sugar can be imported from and to other colonies so as to give british sugar growers. |
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| Sugar Act. noun, American History. 1. a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give Britishsugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. |
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#29: Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the act that colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. |
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| an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown. |
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#30: Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was an act that many laws were passed. |
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| The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed – beginning in 1767 – by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after CharlesTownshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program. |
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#31: Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when 5 peole were killed by british soilders which was the start of the revolution. |
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| arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons. Examples from the Web for Boston Massacre Expand. |
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#32: Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was whne the indians threw away in the sea over 1 million dollars of tea. |
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| a raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Bostoncolonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of teainto the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company. Origin of Boston Tea Party Expand |
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#33: Intolerable acts
the Intolerable Acts were when The colonist were blammed for the duty of what the indians did to the tea. |
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| The Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British. |
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#34: Taxation without representation
Taxation with out representation was when the people were taxed for no reason they were paying for unfairness. |
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| a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”. |
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#35: 1st/2nd Continental Congress
1st/2nd Continental Congress was an assembly of delegates from the thirteen colonies (soon to become the thirteen states) |
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| Continental Congress definition. An assembly of delegates from the thirteen colonies (soon to become the thirteen states). It governed during the Revolutionary War and under the Articles of Confederation. The Continental Congress first met in 1774, before the revolution. |
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#36: Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the revolutionary war. |
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| His surrender to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The scope of the victory is made clear by a few key facts: On October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. |
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#37: Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was when the british surrendered |
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| The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, [a] [b] ending on October 19, 1781, atYorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army ... |
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#38: Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the U.S. |
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| The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781. |
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#39: Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was when they negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. |
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| The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens. |
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#40: Estates General (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
1ST
The Clergy were the first state general. |
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| The clergy were the rich people that were called the clergy |
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#41: Estates General (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
The 2nd were the Nobles.
The nobles were the middle class |
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| The 2nd estate were the nobles and they were still kind of rich. |
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#42: Estates General (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
The 3rd estate were the commons |
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| The third estate were the commons because they were poor and barely had enough to live. |
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#43: Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoises were the middle class which were the nobles. |
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| the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. |
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#44: Deficit Spending
Deficit Spending was an excess of revenue. |
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| government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation. |
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#45: National Assembly
National Assembly was formed by rpresentative of the third estaes. |
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| During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale), which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789, was a revolutionary assemblyformed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on Sept |
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#46: Tennis Court Oath
The National Assembly for the third estate is the tennis court oath. |
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| On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume), vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is ... |
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#47: Storming of the Bastille
Storming of the Bastille occured in paris and it was a symbol of abuse. |
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| The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. ... The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of itsstorming but was a symbol of abuses by the monarchy; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. |
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“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
They were the legacy of the enlightenement Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” |
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| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" first appeared during the French Revolution. Although it was often called into question, it finally established itself under the Third Republic.Nov 30, 2007 |
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#49: “Great Fear”
Reign of Terror (Committee of Public
The great fear was when the poeple were in terror due to the babaric way of the kings way to rule
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| Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.Dec 5, 2016 |
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#50: Guillotine
Guillotine was a way of decapitating people. |
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| A guillotine (/ˈɡɪlətiːn/; French: [ɡijɔtin]) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. |
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#51: Émigrés
The man Emigres to another country.
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| past participle of émigrer "emigrate" (18c.), from Latin emigrare (see emigration). Originally used of royalist refugees from the French Revolution; extended 1920s to refugees from the RussianRevolution, then generally to political exiles. |
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#52: The Directory
The directory was a french revolutionary setup.
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| the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799. It included a bicameral legislature known as the Corps Législatif |
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#53: Plebiscite
Plebiscite made napoleon emporer. |
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| After the Revolution of 1789, the plebiscite was popular in France because it was seen as an expression of popular sovereignty. In 1804, a plebiscite made Napoleon emperor. Plebiscites have been used to establish political boundaries when it is a question of nationality. |
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#54: Democratic Despotism
Democratic Despotism despite of an absolute authority. |
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| he rule of a despot; the exercise of absolute authority. 2. absolute power or control; tyranny. 3. an absolute or autocratic government. |
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#55: Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic Code established by the commision of napoleon in 1804. |
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| The Napoleonic Code (French: Code Napoléon, and officially Code civil des Français) is the French civil codeestablished under Napoléon I in 1804. It was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists and entered into force on 21 March 1804. |
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#56: “Order, Security, Efficiency”
“Order, Security, Efficiency”
Were the oder napoleon took twards his people. |
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| The original slogan of the French Revolution has quite obviously failed us. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is not the motto we should live by and it is certainly not the social morals we need to be focused on in times like these. |
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#57:Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna was the conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Viennafrom November 1814. |
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| The Congress of Vienna (German: Wiener Kongress) was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Viennafrom November 1814 to June 1815, though the delegates had arrived and were already negotiating by late September 1814 |
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