Absolute Monarch - Ms. Allen`s History Class Site
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ABSOLUTE MONARCH
King has unrestricted control over it’s state
JACOBINS
a member of a democratic club established in
Paris in 1789.
ENLIGHTENMENT
a European intellectual movement of the late
17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason
and individualism rather than tradition.
LEGITIMACY
the lawfulness or authenticity of something
GREAT FEAR
was a general panic that occurred between 17
July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the
French Revolution.
DIVINE RIGHT
The doctrine that kings and queens have a
God-given right to rule
NAPOLEONIC CODE
The code forbade privileges based on birth and
allowed freedom of religion,
REIGN OF TERROR
a period of remorseless bloodshed during the
French Revolution
HUGUENOTS
a French Protestant of the 16th–17th centuries
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
the elected legislature in France during the first
part of the French Revolution
BASTILLE
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris
ESTATE
Comprised of 3 tiers: clergy, nobility, and
everyone else.
GUILLOTINE
a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically
in grooves, used for beheading people.
EDICT OF NANTES
the law granting religious and civil liberties to
the French Protestants
TENNIS COURT OATH
dramatic act of defiance by representatives of
the non privileged classes of the French nation
SOCIAL CONTRACT
an implicit agreement among the members of a
society to cooperate for social benefits
SCORCHED EARTH POLICY
a military strategy of burning or destroying
buildings, crops, or other resources
ESTATES GENERAL
the legislative body in France until 1789,
representing the three estates of the realm
PHILOSOPHE
the intellectuals of the 18th-century
Enlightenment.
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France
in his struggle against Great Britain
INTENDENTS
a title given to a high-ranking official
PENINSULAR WAR
was a military conflict between Napoleon's
empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain
and Portugal
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