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World History Review-Beam
Absolute Monarchs and Age of Revolutions
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History
9th Grade
01/11/2007

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Duke of Wellington
Definition
Led the victorious British and Prussian troops at the Battle of Waterloo
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Huguenots
Definition
French Protestants persecuted by Catherine de Medici and Louis XIV
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Liberte, Egalite, et Fraternity (Liberty, Equality, and Brotherhood)
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French national motto
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Edict of Nantes
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Document signed by Henry IV of France, granting religious freedom to the Protestants (Huguenots)
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James II
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Seventeenth Century English King deposed during the Glorious Revolution
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Cavaliers
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Supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War
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Catherine the Great
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Eighteenth Century German princess who became Czarina of Russia in her own right; obtained a warm water port on the Black Sea; "Enlightened Despot"
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Bastille
Definition
Paris prison attacked on July 14, 1789, beginning the French Revolution
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Horatio Nelson
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British admiral who destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar-
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Louis XIV
Definition
Seventeenth Century French "Sun King" who built the palace of Versailles
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Charles I
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Seventeenth Century English King beheaded during the English Civil War
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Marie Antoinette
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Austrian princess who became Queen of France by marrying King Louis XVI
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William and Mary
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Seventeenth Century King and Queen of England who received the throne in the Glorious Revolution
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Presenting her infant son to the Hungarian Parliament
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How Maria Theresa received 100,000 Hungarian troops to fight in the War of Austrian succession
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Retreat
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What Napoleon was forced to do after he learned that Moscow had burned and could not feed and house his troops
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Roundheads
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Forces of Parliament during the English Civil War
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tax
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What the nobles were exempt from during the French Old Regime
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Waterloo
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Battle in which Napoleon was finally defeated
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nationalism
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A feeling of pride and loyalty to one's nation
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Elba
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Island on which Napoleon was exiled after his retreat from Russia
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Act of Union of 1702; united England and Scotland
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Parliamentary act to prevent James II from ascending the throne of Scotland
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Salic Law
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Law which prevented women from ruling
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guillotine
Definition
execution device used during the Reign of Terror
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beheaded
Definition
What happened to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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in flames
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How Napoleon found Moscow after the Battle of Borodino
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Peter the Great
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Seven foot tall Russian Czar who modernized his country after visiting Western Europe and built St. Petersburg, which was patterned after Paris, on the Baltic Sea
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George I
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King of Britain;never learned English and spent most of his reign in Germany
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Queen Anne
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Last Stuart ruler; daughter of James II; none of her 17 children survived her
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Louis XV
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Extravagant French King who said, "After me, the deluge."
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Stuart
Definition
English royal dynasty including James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, William and Mary, and Anne
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Lords Proprietors
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Powerful members of Parliament who were given the Carolina colony for helping return Charles II to the throne
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition
Corsican general who became Emperor of France and attempted to conquer Europe
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Document which formed the basis of French democracy and declared the equality of all men; drafted by the National Assembly on August 4, 1791
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Carolina
Definition
Name given to the colony Charles II gave the members of Parliament who helped return him to the throne
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no blood was shed
Definition
What made the Glorious Revolution "glorious"
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Invaded France
Definition
Action Austrian Emperor Leopold took to rescue his sister, Marie Antoinette
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La Marseillaise
Definition
French national anthem; sung by soldiers who marched from Marseilles to defend Paris from the Duke of Brunswick
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Josephine de Beauharnais
Definition
Napoleon's beautiful first wife
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Louis XVI
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King of France during the French Revoluton
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Bastille Day (July 14)
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French national holiday
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Sophia of Hanover
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German princess who spent her entire life waiting to succeed Queen Ann but died two months before the Queen
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Charles II
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Seventeenth Century English King who was called the "Merry Monarch" for his wild behavior
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"Sea Dogs"
Definition
English pirates who attacked Spanish ships during the reign of Elizabeth I
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George III
Definition
British King during the American Revolution; went insane
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England
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World's most powerful country after the War of the Spanish Armada
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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George III's Queen
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Versailles
Definition
2000 room palace built outside Paris by Louis XIV
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500,000
Definition
Number of troops Napoleon took to Russia
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100,000
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Number of troops who returned from Russia with Napoleon
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Jean Champollion
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French scientist who translated the Rosetta Stone
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Oliver Cromwell
Definition
Ruled England as Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I; outlawed entertainment
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Elizabeth I
Definition
Which daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ruled England during the Golden Age and defeated the Spanish during the War of the Spanish Armada?
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George Frederick Handel
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George II's court composer, wrote "Joy to the World", "Fireworks", "Water Music", and "The Messiah", from which comes the "Hallelujah Chorus"
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