History Channel: French Revolution Documentary – Flashcards
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Why did Louis XIV build Versailles outside the city limits of Paris?
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to get away from his subjects
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How old was Louis XIV when he married?
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15
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Why did Louis and Marie marry?
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to form an alliance between France(Louis) and Austria(Marie)
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Where did Louis and Marie marry?
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versailles
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Is Marie Antoinette interested in political affairs?
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no
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What was life like outside of the gates of Versailles?
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the people were deprived of food, hungry, and angry
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France was broken into how many classes?
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3
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What philosophical movement is sweeping through Europe/France during this time?
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literature; knowledge; enlightenment
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Where do the people meet to discuss these new ideas?
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saloon
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Who did Louis XIV support in the war against Great Britain?
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america
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What caused France to go bankrupt?
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America had put France in a debt
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What did Marie like to do in her spare time?
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gossip, gamble, watch theatre
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What was Marie's nickname?
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madame deficit
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What food was at the heart of the French diet?
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bread
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What were some of the problems occurring in France between 1788 and 1798?
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food shortages
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The cost of what product sky rockets under Louis's miss management of the economy?
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flour
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Louis is advised by Jacques Necker to call a meeting of what organization?
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estates general
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What % did the first two estates make up?
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3%
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What % did the third estate make up?
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97%
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Robespierre represents members of which estate?
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third
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What happens on the handball court on June 20th?
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the deputies find out they are being silenced
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What is the name of the oath they take at this location?
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tennis court oath
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What does the third estate rename themselves?
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national assembly
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Where do the people go for gunpowder?
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the bastille
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On July 14, what colors mark the flag of Paris?
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red, white, and blue
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What do the colors red and blue represent on the flag of Paris?
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paris
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What does the color white represent on the flag of Paris?
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house of bourbon
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What revolutionary tradition is born out of the fall of the Bastille?
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severed head parading on a pike
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What do the people do to the Bastile?
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tear it apart brick by brick
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What does the Declaration of the Rights declare?
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the class distinction is abolished all men are equal
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What was Jean-Paul Marat's role in the revolution?
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he printed a newspaper that provoked new ideas
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Which group gets so angry that they march to Versailles?
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women; fish ladies
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Does Marie actually say, "Let them eat cake."?
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no
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What does the angry crowd at Versailles want from the king and queen?
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they want the king and queen to move to Paris
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June 21st, 1791 the king and queen try to do what during the cover of darkness?
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disguise themselves as servants and escape
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What is the "national razor"?
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guillotine
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Does Robespierre want to go to war with Austria?
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no, he thinks the enemy will win and destroy the revolution
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What two nations begin war and invasion of France?
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prussia and austria
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How can the birth of the Republic begin?
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with Louis's death
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What is the symbol of the san-colottes?
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refused to wear knee-pants
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The National Assembly becomes known as the...?
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convention
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Who comes forward to help rally the French against the Austrians and Prussians?
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George Danton
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What are the September Massacres?
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murder of all prisoners (total of 1600 killed)
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What do the Jacobins want to do to the king?
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kill him
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What do the Girondin want to do to the king?
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spare his life
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What does Charlotte Corday do?
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she kills Marat
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What does Marat become?
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a legend
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What is Marie Antoinette's sentence?
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death
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What is "the terror"?
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a period of violent repression of anyone who is even suspected of thinking the wrong way about the revolution
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What is the "Committee of Public Safety"?
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12 men ruled France as a collective dictatorship
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What is Robespierre's paradox?
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he was against the death penalty, but caused so many to die
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What do the people decide is the "root" of the problem?
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priests religion
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Who is the new saint of France?
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marat
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What brilliant young commander is leading France to victory on the battlefields?
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Napoleon Boneparte
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Robespierre believes that terror can help create what?
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virtue
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What happens to the Dantonists?
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they are rounded up and sentenced to death
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The tempo of executions increase to 800 or more per month in Paris alone during this new phase called the...?
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great terror
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What two events lead to the demise of Robespierre?
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the festival of the supreme being a speech of threats
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What is the irony of Robespierre's injury?
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he couldn't speak to defend himself
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Who sheds the last blood of the terror?
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robespierre
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Who becomes the leader of France after Robespierre?
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napoleon boneparte
