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Chavez WH 23 Vocab
CH 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Old Regime | French system of feudalism, 3 estates |
| estate | Pre-French Revolution social classes of people |
| Louis XVI | weak king who came to French throne in 1774 |
| Marie Antoinette | unpopular queen; wife of Louis XVI |
| Estates-General | Assembly of representatives from all three estates |
| national assembly | French congress established by representatives of the third estate |
| tennis court oath | promise made by third estate of French representatives to draw up a new constitution |
| great fear | wave of panic |
| legislative assembly | assembly that replaces the French national assembly in 1791 |
| emigres | nobles and others who left france during the peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to restore the old system |
| sans-culottes | radical group of Parisian wage-earners |
| jacobin | member of the Jacobin club, a radical political |
| guillotine | machine for beheading people |
| maximilien robespierre | revolutionary leader who tried to wipe out every trace of france's past monarchy and nobility |
| reign of terror | period of Robespierre's rule |
| napoleon bonaparte | military leader who seized power in France |
| coup d'etat | a sudden takeover of a government |
| plebiscite | vote by the people |
| lycée | government-run public school |
| concordat | agreement |
| Napoleonic Code | Complete set of laws set up by Napoleon that eliminated many injustices |
| Battle of Trafalgar | British defeat of Napoleon's forces at sea |
| Blockade | Forced closing of ports |
| Continental System | Napoleon's policy of preventing trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations |
| Guerilla | Spanish peasant fighter |
| Peninsular War | War that Napoleon fought in Spain |
| Scorched-Earth Policy | Policy of burning fields and slaughtering livestock so that enemy troops would find nothing to eat |
| Waterloo | Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon's final defeat |
| Hundred Days | Napoleon's last bid for power, which ended at Waterloo |
| Congress of Vienna | Meetings in Vienna for the purpose of restoring order to Europe |
| Klemens von Metternich | Key leader at the Congress of Vienna |
| Balance of Power | Condition in which no one country becomes a threat to the other |
| Legitimacy | Bringing back to power the kings that Napoleon had driven out |
| Holy Alliance | League formed by Russia, Austria, and Prussia |
| Concert of Europe | Series of alliances to help prevent revolution |
| Bastille | Paris prison |
| Bourgeoisie | Well-off merchants and skilled workers |
| Committee of Public Safety | Committee led by Robespierre that tried "enemies of the Revolution" and had them executed |
| Conservatives | Those favoring established or traditional ways of governing |
| Declaration of the Rights of Men | Revolutionary statement guaranteeing rights such as liberty and property |
| Delegates | Representatives |
| Deserted | Left without permission; ran away |
| Emperor | Absolute ruler |
| First Estate | Class made up of Roman Catholic clergy |
| Mob | Unpredictable crowd that acts as a single body |
| Radicals | Revolutionaries; people with extreme political views |
| Representative Government | Government in which lawmakers represent the will of the people |
| Royalists | Supporters of the monarchy |
| Second Estate | Class made up of nobles |
| Stability | Order; safety and security |
| Third Estate | All merchants, skilled workers, city workers, and peasants |
| Versailles | Site of the extremely luxurious palace of the kings of France |
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