Transcript Absolute Monarch - Ms. Allen`s History Class Site

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