Modern World History – Chapter 7 test – Flashcards
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Lycees
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This referes to government run public schools. Their purpose was to provide government wiht traned officials.
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Peninsulares
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Colonists born in Spain
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Old Regime
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This refers to the pre-revolutionary system in France.
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National Assembly
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This legislative body was created by the lowest level in the French social class structure. This was the first act of the revolution.
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Estates
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The three different levels in the social class structure of France.
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Great Fear
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This was the panic that swept through the countryside when peasants broke into nobles homes to destroy old legal papers that bound them to pay feudal taxes
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bourgeoise
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The middle class made up of the bankers, merchants, professionals, and skilled artisans.
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Clergy
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Those who are recognized as religous leaders like priests, pastors,
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Peninsular
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Napoleons forces suffered heavy losses in this war with Spain.
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scorched earth policy
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This war strategy entails burning crops AND KILLING LIVESTOCK AS AN ARMY RETREATS. tHIS WAY, THE ENEMY HAS NOTHING TO EAT AS THEY MOVE THROUGH AN AREA.
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Moderates
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These were revolutionaries who wanted some changes
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Conservatives
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These people wanted few changes and wanted to continue the monarch
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Napolean Bonaparte
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He became a hero for saving the French Republic by defeating royalists, Later he became a dictator and tried to build an empire
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Blockade
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This forced closing of British ports was an effort to weaken Great Britain by not allowing trade
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Waterloo
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The battle near this village in Belgium was a loss for Napoleon. The British army led by Wellington and Prussian Forces defeated Napoleons army.
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Jacobins
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This radical political organization controlled France during much of the revoluton
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Guerrillas
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Fighters engaged in ambush and retreat. They were very effective against Napoleons army in spain.
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Guillotine
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The use of this machine brough an end to the life of Louis XVI.
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Coup D'efat
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This refers to a sudden seizure of power.
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Louis XVI
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King of France during the revolution.
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Estates General
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An assembly of representatives from each of the three social classes.
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Radicals
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People that wanted a tremendous amount of change. They wanted to end monarch as well.
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Emiges
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These were nobles and others who fled France hoping the revolution would die out and they could one day return.
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Napoleonic Code
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A uniform set o flaws designed to end injustices. Actually it limited many of the rights gained by the revolution.
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Marie Antoinette
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Queen with a tast for luxury and a gambling problem.
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Battle of Trafalgar
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This was the one battle Napoleons forces lost. It was a sea batle off the coast of Spain.
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Creoles
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Colonists born in Spanish America
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