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Chap7WSvocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Old Regime | the political and social system that exsisted in France before the French Revolution |
| estate | one of the 3 social classes in France before the French Revolution |
| 1st estate | clergy |
| 2nd estate | nobility |
| 3rd estate | rest of population (peasants, bourgeoisie, city workers) |
| Louis XVI | King of France during French Rev. had to deal with lots of debt and was a weak leader |
| Marie Antoinette | Queen of France, very unpopular |
| Estates-General | an assembly of representatives from all three of the estates |
| National Assembly | a French congress established by representatives of the 3rd estate on June 17, 1789 to enact laws and reforms in the name of the french people |
| Tennis Court Oath | a pledge made by the members of the National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had made a new constitution. |
| Great Fear | a wave of senseless panic that spread through the french countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789 |
| Legislative Assembly | A french congress with the power to create laws and approve declarations of war, established by the constitution of 1791 |
| émigré | a person who leaves his native country for political reasons, like the nobles who fled France during the peasant uprisings. |
| sans-culotte | a radical group made up of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers who wanted greater voice in gov., lower prices, and end to food shortages |
| Jacobin | radical politcal organization |
| guillotine | a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during french rev. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Jacobin leader, went out to build ¨republic of virtue¨ believed using terror was good for leading |
| Reign of Terror | from mid1793 to mid1794, when Max ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and citizens were executed |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | a military genius, went from officer in army to ruler of France |
| coup d´éat | sudden seizure of political power in a nation |
| plebiscite | a direct vote in which a countrys people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal |
| lycée | a gov. run school in France |
| concordat | a formal agreement- especially one with the pope and gov., dealing with control of church affairs |
| Napoleonic code | a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Nap born to party |
| battle of Trafalgar | 1805 navel battle in which Nap gets wreaked by the British under the command of Horatio Nelson ledges |
| blockade | the use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region // hint Nap tries this to hurt British economy, ends up hurting himself |
| Continental System | Napoleons policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and Europe intended to destroy GB economy |
| guerrilla | a member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country |
| Peninsular War | a conflict (1808-1813) in which Spanish rebels with aid of British forces fought to drive Napoleons troops out of Spain |
| scorched-earth policy | the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land |
| Waterlloo | village where french and british fought, french were defeated RIP NAPOLE |
| Hundred Days | the brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French king and again becoming empreor |
| Congress of Vienna | a series of meetings in 1814-1815 during which the Euro leaders sought to establish long lasting peace and security after Napoleon |
| Klemens von Metternich | attended Congress of Vienna, wanted to prevent french aggression, restore balance of power, and give people bakc their rightful thrones |
| balance of power | a political situation in which no one nation is more powerful enough to pose a threat to others |
| legitmacy | the hereditary right of a monarch to rule |
| Holy Alliance | a league of Euro nations formed by the leaders of Russia,Austria, and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna |
| Concert of Europe | a series of alliances amoung Euro nations in the 19th century devised by PRINCE KLEMANTINE VON MATTERNICK to prevent the outbreak of revolutions |
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