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| American Revolution | - (1775-1789) - America's war for independence - British wanted the Americans to pay their share of imperial expenses | - British refused to compromise thus losing the support of many colonists - France supports America even though they're not doing so well at home - Bankrupts France |
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| Stamp Act | - 1765 - Tax Britain put into place to help with revenue from French and Indian War | - Caused Revolution - Allowed France to get revenge on England |
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| Constitutional Convention | - The first years of the Convention were the height of the importance of the revolutionary political clubs such as the Jacobins and Cordeliers |
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| French Revolution | - (1789-1791) | - Many French soldiers, such as Lafayette, served in America and were impressed by the ideals of the Revolution - American Revolution influenced the French Revolution, but the latter was more violent and more influential - abolished the absolute monar |
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| Bill of Rights | - Set of 10 amendments |
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| Estates General | - Becomes National Assembly - the representative body of the three estates | - French King was no longer in charged |
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| National Assembly | - 1789 to 1791 - abolished -class distinctions -tax exemptions of the privileged -payments of feudal dues by the peasants - would pass nation's law - members had to be property landowners elected by tax paying citizens |
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| Estates | The first estate, the clergy, had many privileges and much wealth, and it levied an oppressive tax (the tithe) on landowners. | The second estate, the nobility, also had great privileges. wealth, and power, and it taxed the peasantry for its own profit. | The third estate, the commoners, was a mixture of a few rich members of the middle class, urban workers, and the mass of peasants.
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| Declaration of Rights of Man | - 1791 - men are born free and equal with rights to liberty and property and resistance to oppression - citizens avoin - guaranteed equality before the law - think it out for yourself - map out human knowledge and have access to it |
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| Maximilien Robspierre | - Head of Committee of Public Safety - Leads France through Reign of Terror | Fear of the Reign of Terror led to the execution of its leader, Robespierre. |
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| King Louis XVI | - (1754 - 1793) - Last king of France - Husband to Marie Antoinette | - People became angry |
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| Committee of Public Safety | - (1793 – 1794) - The Committee of Public Safety was the executive body of France | - Was created to govern France |
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| The Girondists | - Group contesting control of the National Convention |
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| The Mountain | - Group contesting control of the National Convention in France led by Robespierre and Georges Jaques Danton |
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| Reign of Terror | - 1794 - instituted by Committee of Public Safety (headed by Robespierre) - sentenced thousands of people to jail or death - arrested persons suspected of treason | - Was after the Revolution |
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