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JAHKMLHS Chapter 22 The French Revolution and Napoleon

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estate   one of the three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution—the clergy, the nobles, and the townspeople  
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taille   an annual direct tax, usually on land or property, that provided a regular source of income for the French monarchy  
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bourgeoisie   the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people  
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sans-culottes   “without breeches”; members of the Paris Commune who considered themselves ordinary patriots (in other words, they wore long trousers instead of the fine knee-length breeches of the nobles)  
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consumer   one who uses economic goods  
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Marie Antoinette   last queen of France before the French Revolution; her extravagance caused popular resentment  
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Louis XVI   last king of France before the French Revolution  
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Estates-General   French parliament  
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domestic   relating to or originating within one’s country  
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National Convention   first French assembly elected by a suffrage without distinctions of class; provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy  
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Maximilien Robespierre   in 1793 for three months nominated all the members of the Government Committees, placed his men in all places of influence in the commune of Paris, and assumed complete control of the Revolutionary Tribunal.  
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Committee of Public Safety   set up on April 6, 1793 to provide for the defense of the nation against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the already existing organs of executive government  
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electors   qualified voters  
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coup d’état   sudden overthrow of the government  
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Directory   French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799  
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Reign of Terror   "if material or moral proof exists, independently of the evidence of witnesses, the latter will not be heard, unless this formality should appear necessary, either to discover accomplices or for other important reasons concerning the public interest."  
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consulate   government established in France after the overthrow of the Directory in 1799, with Napoleon as first consul in control of the entire government  
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allied states   countries defeated by Napoleon and forced to join his struggle against Britain (Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Sweden)  
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nationalism   sense of unique identity of a people based on common language, religion, and national symbols  
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Corsica   island in the Mediterranean that is the birth place of Napoleon  
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Concordat of 1801   agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII which restored much power to the papacy; however, Napoleon selected the bishops and supervised church finances.  
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Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël   accused Napoleon of persecuting his critics and engaging the country in extravagant military campaigns  
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dependent states   kingdoms ruled by relatives of Napoleon—Spain, Holland, the kingdom of Italy, the Swiss republic, the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Confederation of the Rhine (a union of all German states except Austria and Prussia)  
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conservatism   political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, favoring obedience to political authority and organized religion  
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principle of intervention   idea that great powers have the right to send armies into countries where there are revolutions to restore legitimate governments  
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liberalism   political philosophy holding that people should be as free as possible from government restraint and that civil liberties should be protected  
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Waterloo   Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon on June 18, 1815, after which Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena  
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civil   involving the general public  
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constitution   basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people  
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Congress of Vienna   meeting to arrange the final peace between the victors and France; outlawed the Atlantic slave trade  
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Klemens von Metternich   most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna  
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Concert of Europe   meetings of Great Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria (eventually France) to discuss common interests and to maintain peace in Europe  
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