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| he wrote a book called On the Spirit of Laws that explained that a separation of powers would not let one group become too powerful. This idea of power being a check to power later became known as checks and balances. |
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| champion of free speech, a free press, and civil liberties, was often in trouble and even found himself in Bastille prison. Recommended a balance between the heart and the mind. |
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"Social Contract" history repeats itself people born good, but society and education corrupts them. popular sovereignty, laws created by the people. in ways, he distrusted the views of The Enlightenment and reason. |
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British Prime Minister under George III Repealed Townshend acts |
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Financial trouble of France extravagant borrows lots of $$ |
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married marie antoinette called an estates general to get some money |
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| how did the National Assembly begin? |
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| Louis xvi didnt let the estates vote together, so th third estate proclaimed themselves the NA, beginning the French Revolution |
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| representatives declared that they would not stop meeting until a new constitution was written |
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| was a peiord in during the french revolution where every one was in fear because people were getting killed for no reason or was called a revolutionary when really they weren’t |
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| Declaration of the Rights of Men and the Citizen |
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| declaration written during the French revolution was written by the commoners in the national assembly |
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a sudden overthrow of the government napoleon. |
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| famous writer wrote the declaration of the rights of women and female citizens |
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| The National Asembly dissolved, and created the Legiaslative assemlby, and no one was aloud to run for election who was part of the NA. Conservatives radicals and moderates |
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| the group of radicals that took control of france during the war.accused louis of plotting against france with foreign powere |
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divided in three groups: 1 gerondists- were republicans of middle class. 2 jacobins-republicans that favored domination by Paris. [Robespierre and George Jacques Danton] 3 third group had no definate views, most became jacobins. ruled 3 years, and wanted to end revolts. tried louis of treason and cut his head off. |
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instigated Reign of Terror |
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| Hated old regime, wanted a french republic |
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| -became first consul after the Reign of Terror -became emperor by plebiscite -basically took over all of Europe -finally, he was defeated by Wellington and Blucher in teh battle of Waterloo -exiled to Elba, escaped, and then sent to St. Helena, where he died |
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| He was a British naval officer and the leader in the Battle of Trafalgar. He was a major hero in England because he saved Britain from the invasion of Napoleon. |
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| The British foreign secretary who negotiated the treaty of Chaumont that restored the bourbons to the French throne and returned france to its 1792 frontier. |
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organized the coalition that triumphed over Napoleon part of congress of vienna |
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| Chief French representative at the Congress |
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