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9th Grade
10/16/2013

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1. What was the name of the social system left over from the Middle Ages?
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old regime
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2. Which group was in the First Estate?
Definition
the clergy (roman catholic church)
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3. Which group was in the Second Estate?
Definition
nobles
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4. Which groups were in the Third Estate?
Definition
bourgeoisie
city workers
peasants
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5. Who paid most of the taxes in France?
Definition
Third Estate
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6. Why were bread prices so high during the 1780s?
Definition
to get the money needed to pay off the debt and bad weather caused crop failure
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7. Which revolution had France supported?
Definition
the American
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8. Why had France supported that revolution?
Definition
to weaken Brittian
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9. Which Estate was not homogenous?
Definition
Third Estate
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10. What kind of leader was Louis XVI?
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weak, procrastinated, and didn't listen to advisors
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11. On what did Marie Antoinette spend money?
Definition
gowns, jewels, gifts, and gambling
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12. Why did Louis XVI call a meeting of the Estates General?
Definition
wanted to impose taxes on nobility, got forced to call a meeting by second estate to approve tax
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13. Who suggested that the Third Estate become the National Assembly?
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Abbe emmanuel-joseph sieyes
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14. In what location did the Third Estate pledge to draw up a new constitution?
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indoor tennis court "tennis court oath"
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15. What was the objective of the storming of the Bastille?
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to get weapons, rumors of the nobles attacking
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16. What was the name of the “senseless panic” in the French countryside?
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The Great Fear
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17. What document did the National Assembly adopt as its statement of revolutionary ideas?
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the citizen
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18. Under the authority of the National Assembly, what happened to the lands of the church?
Definition
sold to pay off frances debt
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19. What happed to Olympe de Gouge? why?
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exucuted for writing a declaration of the rights of women
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21. What did Louis XVI try to do in 1791?
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he tried to escape to austrian Netherlands
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22. What was the name of the government which followed the National Assembly?
Definition
legislative assembly
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23. What’s a faction?
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groups beleiving differnent things
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24. What were the three main groups in the Legislative Assembly?
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radicals, moderates,conservatives
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25. Who sat on the right?
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conservatives
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26. Who sat on the left?
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radicals
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27. Who were the émigrés?
Definition
the nobles and others who had fled france and hoped to restore the old regeime
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28. Who were the sans culottes?
Definition
shop keepers and workers who wanted a change
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29. On which foreign country did France first declare war? why?
Definition
prussia
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what was the women's march
Definition
the march on versailles that complained about bread and demanded louis and marie return to paris
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What were the Jacobins?
Definition
members of a radical party organization
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Who was Jean Paul Marat?
Definition
a newspaper writer, who continued to worship king
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What happened to Marat?
Definition
he died
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Who was Georges Danton? What happened to Danton?
Definition
lawyer who fought for the rights of the poor, was beheaded
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What kind of government did the National Convention establish?
Definition
republic
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Which countries were in the First Coalition?
Definition
ausria and prussia
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Of what was Louis XVI found guilty?
Definition
high treason and crime agianst state
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How did France raise an army?
Definition
ordered a draft of 300000 citizens 18-40
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Which group was led by Robespierre?
Definition
jacobian
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What was the name of the period of time when France was ruled by Robespierre?
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reign of teror
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What’s the name of the government which follows the National Convention?
Definition
directory
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How did Napoleon gain power in 1799?
Definition
surronded national legistlature and drove out members
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What’s a coup d’etat?
Definition
blow to the state
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What’s a plebiscite?
Definition
vote of the people
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What were lycees?
Definition
government run public schools
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Did Napoleon achieve economic goals of the revolution?
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yes
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Did Napoleon expand civil rights for the French?
Definition
yes
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With whom did Napoleon sign a concordat?
Definition
pope pius vii
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What’s concordat?
Definition
agreement
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What was important about the Napoleonic Code?
Definition
a uniform set of laws that elimanated many injustices
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Who placed the crown on Napoleon’s head?
Definition
he took it out of the preists hands and placed it on his own head
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What’s the present name for St. Domingue?
Definition
hati
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What were the two benefits of the sale of the Louisiana territory?
Definition
it helped pay off debt and
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Who won the Battle of Trafalgar?
Definition
british
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What’s a blockade?
Definition
forcible closing of ports
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The Continental System was designed to destroy __________________.
Definition
brittian commercail and industraul industry
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The War of 1812 began when the British navy stopped __________________ships.
Definition
nutreul
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What is nationalism?
Definition
loyalty to one's own country
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Where was the Peninsular War/
Definition
iberian peninsula
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Who were the guerillas?
Definition
band of spanish peasant fighters
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What policy was used by the Russians to fight against Napoleon?
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he did not want to be lured in unequal battle
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Where was Napoleon banished after his defeat at Leipzig and the crumbling of his empire?
Definition
elba, off the coast of Italy
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To what does the Hundred Days refer?
Definition
the last hundred days napoleon was in charge before going back to exile
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What happened at Waterloo?
Definition
Napoleon lost
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Where was Napoleon when he died?
Definition
st. helen
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What was the #1 objective of the Congress of Vienna?
Definition
wanted to prevent future french aggression by surrounding france with strong countries
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The Congress of Vienna moved Europe politically to the ______________.
Definition
trumphant in many ways
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What job was held by Metternich?
Definition
foreign minister of austria
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From what country was he?
Definition
austria
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What’s a balance of power?
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a way so no country would be more powerful then the other
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What does legitimate mean?
Definition
the restoration of the rulers napoleon had replaced
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Whom did the participants at the Congress of Vienna feel were the legitimate rulers?
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the former rulers with royal blood
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Which came first - the Holy Alliance or the Concert of Europe?
Definition
holy alliance
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Which countries were in the Holy Alliance?
Definition
austria and prussia
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Under what condition would the countries in the Concert of Europe come to one another’s aid?
Definition
if any revolutions broke out
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What’s been the legacy of this period of history?
Definition
politcaly, nationalism spread, mantained balance of power
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