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The French Revolution for HIS 102 exam

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Louis XIV (Legacy)   Father of XVI who added to national debt by paying for wars  
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Louis XV (Legacy)   Grandfather of XVI who added to the national debt by paying for wars  
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Louis XVI   Was left w/ a national debt and then added to it. And was also forced to give in to the demands of the Parliament of Paris and convene the Estates-General which initiated the French Revolution.  
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Old Regime   Monarchy Rules?  
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Estates General   An assembly convened by Louis XVI in 1789 that represented the clergy, the nobility, and the Third Estate; once used to win support for royal policy, it had not met since 1614.  
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Turgot   A PERSON?  
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Bastille   A fortress prison seized on 7-14-1789, by Parisians looking for munitions to repulse the royal army. Symbolized the Revolution’s popular support.  
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National Assembly   The Third Estate after it separated from the Estates-General. The National Assembly claimed to legitimately represent the French population. Dissolved in 1791 so new elections could take after the new constitution.  
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Tennis Court Oath   Oath sworn by the National Assembly. After being locked out of the meeting of the Estates-General. They met at a tennis court, where they pledged to remain together until they had drafted and passed a new constitution  
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Legislative Assembly   ???  
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Sans-culottes   Parisian militants, mainly artisans and shopkeepers, who called for repression of counter revolutionaries, price controls, and direct democracy; helped bring the Jacobins to power in 1793.  
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy   The French Rev.’s 1790’s reform of the catholic church under which priests and bishops were elected by the laity, and parishes and dioceses were redrawn; created opposition to the Revolution and a schism within French Catholicism.  
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Constitutions of the French Revolution (1791-1793)   New constitution that created a limited monarchy, w/ all executive power givin to a legislative assembly. King could only temporarily veto legislation passed by the assembly. Abolished nobility as a class status  
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National Convention    
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Committee of Public Safety    
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Battle of Valmy    
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Reign of Terror    
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Girondins, Jacobins    
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Maximilien Robespierre   THURSDAY  
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Georges Danton    
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Moderate Phase (1789-1792)    
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Radical Phase (1792-1794)    
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