World History Chapter 23 Section 2 – Flashcards
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What was the name of the statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by the National Assembly?
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Declaration of the Rights of man and of the Citizen
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What was the slogan of the revolutionary leaders?
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
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Who did the new declaration of rights not apply to?
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Women
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What happened to the church as a result of the national assembly's reforms?
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Church lands were sold to pay off France's debt Church officials had to be elected and paid as state officials
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Who was strangely opposed to the church reforms?
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Peasants, because they were devoutly Catholic
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What did Louis XVI try to do in June 1791?
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Escape with his family to the Austrian Netherlands
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What type of government did France adopt?
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limited constitutional monarchy
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What legislative body was created?
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Legislative Assembly
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What three groups made up the Legislative Assembly?
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Radicals, conservatives, and moderates
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Who were the emigres?
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Nobles and others who had fled France, hoping to restore the Old Regime
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Who were the sans-culottes?
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Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted even greater changes out of the Revolution
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What happened when Austria and Prussia encouraged France to restore Louis to power?
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The Legislative Assembly declared war on them.
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Who were the Jacobins?
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Members of a radical political organization who soon took control of France following the war
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Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
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A Jacobin who wrote editorials calling for the death of those who supported the king
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What was the guillotine?
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Machine used for beheadings
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What did the Jacobins do to try and win the war against Prussia and Austria?
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Draft 300,000 French citizens
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Who was convicted of treason and beheaded?
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Louis XIV
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Who was Robespierre?
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A Jacobin who gained power and whose rule was known as the "Reign of Terror"
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What happened during the Reign of Terror?
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Enemies of the revolution were tried and hanged in a matter of hours, they were often just other radical leaders who Robespierre saw as threats
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How did Robespierre's Reign of Terror end?
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Members of the national convention turned on him, and he was guillotined.
