French Revolution
(Know your governing bodies!)
France….
Background
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Buildup of _______________ in 15th-16th centuries
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Largely _________________
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__________________ (Protestant) a sizeable minority
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Fighting b/t______________ and___________________
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1598- _______________________: promoted ___________________ tolerance
Strengthening the Crown
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Cardinal _____________________- advisor to ________________ monarch
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Goal: strengthen the __________________
___________________: inherited throne at ________yrs. Old
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Reign _________________
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“___________________”, “Most Christian King”, _____________ right
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Palace of _____________________
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_________________ Edict of Nantes
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Appoints Jean Baptiste Colbert as ______________ advisor
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_______________________= need for empire
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Increase _______________= more _________________= more
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Numerous wars= ______________
French Revolution
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Economic __________________:
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_________ debts
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Poor ________________ policies
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Poor __________________
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_____________ lifestyle of ___________________
1789- Louis XVI summoned ________________________
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governing body with members from each ______________
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Had not met in _________ years (_________________)
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__________________ between the estates at the meeting
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June 17, 1789- ____________ Estate declares __________________ the
_____________Assembly
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July 14, 1789- storming of ______________________
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August, 1789- ____________________ of Rights of ___________
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__________- new Constitution ratified
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Created ________________Monarchy; King retains ________________ power
______________ and ___________________ invade France to restore _______________
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______________________ was sister of Austrian Emperor
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Continued ______________= another new_____________________
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Declares France a _________________
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Established the __________________ as the new ____________________ body
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1793: Convention (led by radical __________________) imprison _______________ family and
____________________ king and queen
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Reign of ________________:
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____________________ once again _____________ out
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Committee of __________________ created and facilitate the revolution
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Led by _____________________________ and_________________
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Thousands ___________________
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Eventually, ___________________ too was _________________
1795: yet another _________________ established, called the___________________
Rise of Napoleon
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Directory created strong ________________
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______________ Bonaparte popular _____________________ man
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________ at the time
1799: _______________ Directory and declares himself ______________________
Napoleon
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_____________ ruler
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Many_________________ reforms
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Napoleonic ____________ (1804)- implemented some Enlightenment ___________ and
equality for ___________
Begins to build a French _______________ in Europe
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Conquers _____________, ________________, ____________,________________, and
parts of ___________
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1804- crowns himself _______________
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_________: empire at its ___________
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1812: attacks _____________= __________________
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Conquered areas use this as _______________ to defeat and ____________________ Napoleon
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But, _________________ about how to restore ___________
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1813- Napoleon _____________, tries to _____________ power
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Defeated at _____________________ and permanently exiled to __________________, later
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Other _____________ meet to restore balance of ________________
Congress of Vienna
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1815: Congress of _____________
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French _______________ return to pre-Napoleonic _______________
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Returned _______________ of areas _______________ by ________________
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French monarchy ________________, but with ___________________ limits
France….
Continued
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1830: another ___________ created, lasts until _________________ of 1848
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1852: ____________ Napoleon established a _____________ French empire
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1870: Louis-Napoleon __________________ and yet ________________ republic created
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How is all that for __________________????? This is just one example of how confusing
________________ _______________ can be.