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Palmer9 Terms_AB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tithe | A tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment. |
| Tennis Court Oath | The Tennis Court Oath was a result of the growing discontent of the Third Estate in France in the face of King Louis XVI's desire to hold onto power. The estates General met at Versailles, each Estate in its own building. |
| "flight to Varennes" | A significant episode in the French Revolution during which King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family were unsuccessful in their attempt to initiate a counter-revolution. |
| Brunswick Manifesto | A proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick,on July 25, 1792 to the population of Paris, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, then French civilians would be harmed. |
| Dumouriez | A French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. He shared the victory at Valmy with General François Christophe Kellermann, but later deserted the Revolutionary Army and became a royalist intriguer during the reign of Napoleon. |
| Concordat of 1801 | An agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status. |
| "plebiscite" | A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. May result in adoption of a new constitution, constitutional amendment, law, recall of an elected official or government policy. A form of democracy. |
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on 2011-10-19