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French Revolution
world history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are two political causes? | 1.Louis XVI was a weak king.2.The French government were bankrupt |
| what were three economic causes? | 1.clergy and nobiles did not have to pay taxes.2.the middle class and lower class had to pay taxes.3.high food prices,unempolyment, and famine made france unhappy with the king. |
| What played a majore role in the cause of the french revolution? | the enlightenment ideas influenced the french to want more rights and a role in the government. |
| What were some immediate causes? | 1.the government needed new taxes to pay off old debts.2.king louis xvi called the estates general to approve new taxes. then the estates general made its self more democratic and changed into the national assembly and began to change the french governmen |
| what was the main enlightenment idea that influenced france? | france wanted equality |
| what was the estates general? | they were suppose to represent the social clases of france and approve new taxes for the king. |
| who was the first estate,second, and third? | 1. clergy2.nobility3.everyone else in france |
| bankrupt | borrowed and spent more money then they made in taxes |
| estates | social classes |
| popular sovereighnty | the people are in charger of the national government |
| national assembly | new name fore the estates general after the third estate took control in 1789.it was the new elected legislature.claimed that they represented all the french people. |
| reform | changes made to improve aspects of government |
| moderate | keeping within limits and not supporting |
| radical | doing something to the extreme |
| committee of public safety | radical group who took control of the french revolution in 1792.this group was lead by robespierre |
| republic | a system of government where power is in the hands of citzens who elect their leaders through direct or indirect voting |
| universal male suffrage | the right that all men can vote and elect their leaders |
| what were some of the religious forms in the moderate reforms? | 1.established freedom of religionplaced the catholic church under the government rule. |
| what were some of the social forms in the moderate reforms? | 1.abolished the privelges of nobility2.ended the feudal system in france.3.established fair taxes based on ablilty to pay |
| waht were some of the political forms of the moderate reforms ? | 1. all men were equal2.created a limited monarchy3.granted most males the right to vote. |
| who were the main people taking charge in the moderate reforms? | middle class |
| who were the main people taking charge in the radical reforms? | lower class |
| what was the middle class also known as? | bourgeoisie |
| what were some of the political forms of the radical reforms? | 1.abolished monarchy-killed the king louis xvi2.created a republic 3.established universal male suffrage4.government took control of people's everyday lives. |
| what were some of the religious forms of the radical reforms? | 1.abolished the catholic church and other religions-killed anyone practicing the catholic religion2.destroyed churchs |
| what weres some of the social forms of the raical reforms? | 1.allowed women to own property.2.all men were equal3.favored the lower class |
| what was the reign of terror? | when the committee of public safety used fear to imply its reform.the radicals killed opponets of their views.between 40,000 and 80,000 people were killed. |
| how did the french revolution spread? | the commmittee of public safety wanted to spread the revolution. the french armies conquered lands and killed the kings and nobles and created democracies |
| coup d'etat | taking of power over a government by a small group of indivually illegally |
| dictator | a person that has absolute power and control over a government without his/her position being heritary |
| alliance | an agreement between two or more countries to defend each other and work together towards the same goals |
| balance of power | system that prevents one country from becoming too powerful |
| legitimacy | something that is just,lawful or fair |
| how did napoleon rise? | 1.france was in chaos.2.their was a weak government3.he was a military leader and had the military to back him up. |
| who wanted change the most ? | the middle class because they werent making any money because nobody was buying from their shops because of the chaos. |
| how did napoleon build an empire? | 1. he made a coupd'tat in 1799.2.he made himself dictator.3. he restored order and peace and got the support of the bourgeoisie.4.the declared himself dictator of france. |
| what did napoleon do in the government? | 1. he restore law and order2. he made code napoleon which declared that all men were equal.3.he improved the economy which gave him the support of the bourgeoisie.5.he restored catholicism6.the concordat of 1801 is wen the catholic church made peace and f |
| what did napoleon do durning his reign? | 1. he conquered europe using the french military.2. he lost the battles with great britain and russia. |
| why did napoleon lose? | 1.countries that were controlled by france rebelled.2.france tried to conquer russia and failed miserably.3.the major powers of europe united against france in 1813 called the QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE. |
| who was in the quadruple alliance? | 1.austria2.prussia3.great britain4.russia |
| what year was france defeated? | france was defeated in 1815 |
| what was the congress of vienna? | a meeting with the kings of the different countries of the quadruple alliance |
| why did they have a congress of vienna? | 1. bring peace to europe2.to prevent future revolutions3.to prevent future wars |
| what were the ideas of the congress vienna? | balance of power & legitimacy |
| how did the congress of vienna use these ideas? | 1.they made france smaller.2.restored absolute monarchy3.put strong countries on france's borders |
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