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| (front of card) 1st Estate |
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| (back of card)clergy;owned 10% of land, not taxed, collected tithes(tithes are you it gives 10% of whatever people earn to church ex. money, chickens etc.) |
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| (front of card)2nd Estate |
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| (back of card)nobles;held high position in the church,courts, gov. and army; had land but little money. Not taxed. |
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| (front of card) 3rd Estate |
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(back of card) Had 27 million people 98% of populatio
-paid all taxes
-Rural peasants *some owned land others rented land or worked as laborers
-urban workers(city people) |
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| (front of card) Bourgeois |
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| (back of card) middle class ex. bankers, merchants, doctors, gov. workers(bureacrats) |
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| (back of card) Was King Louis financial adviser who the king brought in to help economy; gets fired for trying to tax 1st and 2nd estate. |
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| (front of card) Deficit Spending |
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| (back of card) when the gov. spends more money than it takes in. |
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| (front of card) Tennis Court Oath |
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(back of card)Was a pledge to "never to seperate and to meet wherever the circumnstances might require until we have established a sound a just constitution."
-Delegates from 3rd estate were elected; only property men could vote
-took place on May 1789 |
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| (front card) Storming of the Bastille |
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| (back of card)Took place on July 14th, 1789.800 Parisians stormed and killed all prisoners in Bastille |
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| (front of card) Civil Constitution of Clergy |
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| (back of card)Gov. took controll over catholic church |
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| (front of card)Decleration of the Rights of Man and Citizen |
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| (back of card) written before 1791 constitution quality of all citizens, this did not include women. |
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| (front of card) Constitution of 1791 |
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| (back of card) The constitution replaced the old provinces with 83 departments, seemed to complete constitution, ensured equality for men. |
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| (front of card) Limited Monarchy |
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| (back of card)a constitution or legaslative body limits the monarches power. |
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| (back of card)person who flee's his/her country for political reasons. |
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| (front of card)Sans Culottes |
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| (back of card)working class people who were long pants and believed that they were the true representatives of France |
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| (front of card) September Massacres |
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| (back of card) Attached prisons in France before reign of terror, concetrated on priests and nobles. |
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| (front of card)Reign of Terror |
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| (back of card) Many people die alot of problems with gov. and guiotteen becomes very popular. |
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| (front of card) Maxamilien Robspierre |
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| (back of card) Shrewed lawyer and politician. quickly rose to power and leadership of the Committee of Public Saftey. He believed terror was the only way for france to see a republice virtue. Head chief of reign of terror. Lasted from 1793-1794 |
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| (front of card) Napoleonic Code |
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| (back of card) Embodied Enlightment principles such as equality of all citizens befor the law, religious toleration, and advancement based on merit. |
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| (front of card)Napoleans last place of exile? |
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| (back of card) Saint Helena |
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| (front of card) Congress of Vienna |
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(back of card) Meeting of many Europe leader, they redrew map of Europe to make sure that it was surrounded by strong countries.
Problems: Alliances were made, & and they didn't think of the poeple living in each country. |
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| (back of card) to the left of United Kingdom and below Iceland |
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| (back of card) Below United Kingdom |
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| (back of card) Tiny little thing above France |
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| (front of card) Switzerlan |
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| (back of card) In the middle to the right of France |
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| (front of card) Luxembourg |
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| (back of card) Really little dot below belgium |
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| (back of card) above germany and far right of United Kingdom |
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| (front of card) Netherlands |
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| (back of card) Above Belgium |
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