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Why did Louis XIV;s finance minister want the king to call an assembly of notables in 1787
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to gain support for fiscal reforms
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what was the purpose of Austria's and Prussia's declaration of Pillnitz? Click card to see definition 👆
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it offered to support Louis XIV
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Why did Louis XIV;s finance minister want the king to call an assembly of notables in 1787
to gain support for fiscal reforms
what was the purpose of Austria's and Prussia's declaration of Pillnitz? it offered to support Louis XIV
why did napoleon negotiate the Concordat of 1801 with the people
he hoped the catholic church would help stabilize society ad maintain oder
a response in 1794 to the violence of the Reign of terror, resulting in the execution of Robespierre and the loosening of economic controls
Thermodorian Reaction
which of the following did the Jacobins seek to suppress
women participation in political debate
what stopped napoleons plan to invade Britain
his navy experienced huge losses at the battle of Trafalgar
the area of which napoleon and his allied ruled, encompassing virtually all of Europe except Great Britain
Grand Empire
the Thermidorian reaction saw what group reassert its authority in French politics
the middle class
how can France be described politically under Napoleon
it was governed by authoritarianism
the Mountain was able to defeat the Girondists in the National Assembly by allying with what group of people
the sans-culottes
the French civil code promulgated in 1804 that reassert the 1789 principles of the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute security of wealth and private property
declaration of independence
Edmund Burke, in his 1790 Reflection of the the Revolution in France
argued that reform like that occurring in France would only lead to chaos and tyranny
French representations assembly formed in 1789 the delegates of the third estate and some members of the clergy, the second state
national assembly
on August 27, 1789, the national assembly issued a statement of principles known as
the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen
the moderate group that fought for control of the French national convention in 1793
Girondist
what was the Great Fear
Peasant uprisings in the country side
what was a positive development from population growth and urbanization
literacy rates improved
in the Tennis Court Oath, the delegates of the third states pledged to not disband until they had been recognized as a national assembly and had
written a new constitution
in 1792, Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette were imprisoned and accused of
Treason
John Locke believed that a government should
work through parliament
which of the following groups did NOT belong to the third estate
nobility
what id both Britain and France do as a result of the 7 years war
Raised taxes
who did Abbe Sieyes argue should have more authority in the Estate General
the third estate
the Napoleonic code asserts two fundamental principles of the revolution, the legal equality of all male citizens and what else
an absolute protection of wealth and property
what was the bastille
a royal prison
what was one of the results of the increase in the population and urbanization during the 18th century
inflation grew, making it more difficult for urban people to afford food and rent
who dominated the committee of public safety during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
by the late 18th century, European law recognized only what kind of people as slaves
Africans or people of African descent
what was the Estate General
the French legislative assembly
What did Louis XVI do in response to the demands of the National Assembly
called an army towards the capital to bring the delegates under control
led by Robespierre, the French National Convention's radical faction, which led the convention in 1793
Mountain
in the Americas, the 7 years war was a border dispute between the colonies of what two countries
Britain and France
the 1763 peace treaty that ended the 7 years war, according vast French territories in North America and India to Britain and Louisiana to Spain
Treaty of Paris
which of the following was included in the 1763 Treaty of Paris
France gave up most of its holdings in India, opening the way to British dominance on the subcontinent
A political club during the French Revolution to which many of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly belonged
Jacobin Club
the laboring poor of paris, so called because the men wore trousers instead of the knee breeches of the aristocracy and middle class; the term came to refer to the militant radicals of the city
sans-culottes
why did Robespierre call a halt to efforts at de-christianization
he fears unrest in the countryside
which of the following was not represented in the Estates General
Slaves
what did the 18th century reformers believe about the rule of monarchs
that is should be considered by the will of the people
_______________ was the period from 1793-1794, during which Robespierre's committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of treason and a new revolutionary culture was imposed
Reign of terror
in the 1780's, over 50% of France's annual budget was expanded on which the following? interest payments on the nations every-increasing debt
what was a consequence of Napoleon's Grand Empire
it encouraged the growth of reactive nationalism
Traditional representative body of the three estates of France that met in 1789 in response to imminent state bankruptcy
estate general
why did directory continue to support France's military expansion
the wars helped to spread republican revolution throughout Europe
Why did European kings initially welcome the French Revolution
it weakened France, which they saw as a competing power
who were the bourgeoisie
wealthy, educated commoners
after he was defeated at waterloo in 1815, what happened to Napoleon
he was imprisoned on the island of St.