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History Unit 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarch | ruler with complete authority over the government and lives off of the people he or she governs |
| Louis XIV 14th | sun king- built the place of versailles |
| Versailles | royal french residence build by king Louis XIV |
| Peter the Great | Russian leader known as the great reformer. He tried to westernize russia |
| Westernization | adoption of western ideas, technology and culture |
| social contrat | an agreement by which people egave up their freedom to a powerful government in order to avoid chaos |
| Natural Rights | rights that belong to all humans from birth such as life/liberty/ and property |
| laissez faire | policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference |
| estate | social class |
| burgeoisie | the French middle class |
| deficit spending | a government spends more money than it takes in |
| Louis XVI | French king. married Marie Antoinette. beheaded by guillotine during the reign of terror in the french revolution. |
| estate general | legislative body made up of representatives of the 3 estates in pre-revolutinary france |
| Marie antoinette | queen of France married to Louis XVI beheaded by the guillotine during the reign of terror in the french revolution |
| robespierre | leader of the committee of public safety and leader behind the reign of terror. beheaded by the guillotine himself |
| reign of terror | period during the french revolution when peoplee in France were arrested for not supporting the revolution many here executued |
| guillotine | device used during the reign of terror to execute thousands by beaheading |
| nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to ones country |
| Napoleon bonaarte | french military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe following and he french revolutuon |
| sun king | -Louis XIV 14th |
| Louis XIV (14th) info | -took personal control of government -started to build the palace of versilles -bankrouped france --spent a lot of $ -liked luxury-many servant helping him with everything -fought and started a lot of wars |
| Louis XIV more info | -known as most powerful ruler in french history -used art to glorify the king 0strong military -expanded franced bountries\ -tax on the poor -brought a lot of struggles and suffering or his people |
| Louis kept nobles at palace | 1- made them rely of louis 2- took them from their homes giving more power to the intendants |
| Ivan the terrible Info | -3 year solf when he got to throne -power struggle with the boyars(land owning nobles) -had secret police on atro to hint down and murder people he considered trators -secret police killed a lot of boyars -gave land to layal nobels -killed son |
| Peter the Great info | -romanov dynasty- restored order to russa -russiad greatest reformers -wanted warm water port -went to Europe, and was inspired |
| Perter the Great info | -wanted to westernize russia-mak eit more like europe -introduced ne wwester foods/a newspaper/raised women's status/ give up traditional clothing for western fashion/ advanced education./ new and improved military/new alphabet/ |
| Political causes of the french revolution | -kign Louis XVI and Marie antoinette -King was an indecisive week leader/ he procrastinated/ made poor financial choises/ chaos ehis hobbies over work/ gave juobs to unqualified people |
| Intellectual causes of the french revolution | -enlightnment ideas -democracy over a monarchy -inspired by Americas revolution -Equality/liberty/ fraternity -equal taxes |
| Social causes of the french revolution | -3 estates(3rd estate dosnt like payihn all the taxes) |
| Economic causes of the french revolution | -franc eis bankroupt -exessive spending by the king/queen -palace of versise -bad harvest -payed to help Americans revolution and 7 year war |
| 1st Esatae | 1% of population -did not pay taxes -made up of roman Catholic clergy. this was the higher clergy like bishops and abbot the lower clergy lived in poverty -hated the enlightenment ideas |
| 2nd estate | 2% of population -didnt pay taxes -made up of bobels and nobility -diliked the enlightenment ideas- didn't dislike them as much as the 1st Esatae, but they still din't want them |
| 3rd estate | 97% of the populatio -paid 97% of the taxes -made up of bourgiouse/lower class/ peasants -enbraed the enlightnment ideas |
| reign of terror | -lasted 1 year -tieme when maximum robosperrie was in charge as a dictator -anyone who was accused or suspected of going against the revolution was arrested -arrested people didn't have a lot of legal prtection, and man where Beheaded by the guillotine |
| reign of terror | it ended when maximum robosperrie was arrested and executed b the guillotine this was in July 1794 |
| General states meet because Louis XVI called it | -he called them because he wanted to tax the 2nd estate, but that estate didn't; want to be taxed, and so they wanted to vote -3rd state wanted mor people to pay -3rd estate was outnumberd because 1sta dn 2nd estate could team up on them |
| General states meet because Louis XVI called it | -3rd estates knew they were outnumberd, and so they named themselves the national assembly and tried to pass laws and reforms in the name eof the french people -begingin of representation kind of government -fist act of revolution |
| tennis court oath | -3 days after the 3rd estate started the national esambally they were locke doubt of the meeting room -they Brock into the indoor tennis court, and pledged to stay their run till they drew up and new constitiution -this was the tennis court oath |
| Storming the Bastille | -rommour of the king going to use military force to massacre the drench citizens 0people wanted to protect them sleeves with weapons, but needed gun poweder -they stormed ghe Bastille prison to get some -they got ocntroll of the building -killed gards |
| Storming the Bastille | -tis became a great symbolic act of revoltion for the popel in france 0it inspired people to take action -this is a national french holiday July 14th |
| Inspiration for rth french to revolt | The American revoltionw as the inspiration for the french people to end their monarchy and to start their rown democracy. |
| Marie Antoinette | -the wid eof king Louis the 16th or XVI -her parents where the king and queen of aurtris -spent a lot of money -gave Louis XVI very bad advice -She tried to show people that she understood them, but she didn't understand what they went throught |
| Austrica and Prussia wanting to keep the french monarchy | if the American revolution could inspire the french revolution them the french getting ride of their rmonarchy could inspire these 2 countries to do the same, and if they restored the french monarchy them they wouldn't have to worry |
| Napoleon takes power | -he was a popular military leader -kings where eover thrown and robosperrie was gone -they needed a leader |
| What was naplean like as a leader | -greedy -statigic |
| What was Napoleon's goal | he wanted to expand france |
| Congress of vienna | the goal was to bring peice -redrew maps o feurope -resored monarchy to france -ballenc eof power so France didn't;t have it all -lost all territory Napoleon gained -appointed lous 18th as leader - |
| French relolution ends | -napleans take sover |
| effects of the french reloution | -people use the enlightenment ideas -spread the idea of democracy and nationalism around the globe -clothign changed/ more practical and simplistic -no title -birth right dosn't mater -napolionic code/ different laws and stuff |
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