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clergy; top group in society
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First Estate
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made up of the nobility; top jobs in government; hated absolutism.
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Second Estate
40 questions
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clergy; top group in society
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made up of the nobility; top jobs in government; hated absolutism.
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98% of the population; peasants, bankers, lawyers, merchants, etc.
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using money you do not have
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absolute monarch at the start of the French Revolution
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legislative body consisting of representatives of three estates that came together to discuss issues before making any decisions
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famous agreement made by the Third Estate after the First and Second Estate refused to show up to meet the Estates General and they were locked out by Louis XVI
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national holiday for France; date of the storming of the Bastille
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grim medieval fortress used as a prison or a place to hold weapons; symbol of the French Revolution
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having power through force
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rumors were heard all over the country with tales of attacks on villages and towns and nobles' homes; led to fleeing of nobles from country
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modeled after the Declaration of Independence; gave natural rights to people; major document of the French Revolution
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storming of women on Versailles asking for Bread
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Queen during the French Revolution; aka Madame Deficit
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attempt by the King and Queen try to flee the country to Austria to get away from the Revolution
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French ruling body which took office in 1791; made up of the sans-culottes; wanted to end the monarchy and create a republic
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working class men and women; wore long pants
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supported the sans-culottes and the legislative assembly
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would do anything necessary to protect the Revolution and achieve its goals
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lead by Danton and later Robespierre; conducted the Reign of Terror
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leader of the Committee of Public Safety; known as "the incorruptible"; Reign of Terror Leader
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fast-falling blade developed as a "democratic" form of carrying out a death sentence
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popular military hero would who go on to rule France and take over much of Europe
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pride in one's country
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Napoleon's title taken when he was apart of the Consulate
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popular vote by ballot
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code of laws created by Napoleon; embodied Enlightenment principles like equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration and the abolition of feudalism
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series of conflicts where Napoleon battled the combined forces of the greatest European powers to try and take over European land
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incorporated or adding of new land
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where British Admiral Horatio Nelson smashed the French and Spanish fleet off the cost of Spain
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blockade designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods; ultimately unsuccessful
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shutting off ports to not let supplies or people in/out
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hit and run raids used by the Spanish against the French
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first place of Napoleon's exile (where he escaped from!)
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Interim King after Napoleon ruled, very unpopular
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Napoleon's first wife and Empress. Divorced after she couldn't provide him a son
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battle where Napoleon was finally defeated
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place where Diplomats met to create lasting peace by establishing a balance of power and protecting the system of monarchy
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leader of the Congress of Vienna from Austria and most influential
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restoring hereditary monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon had unseated