Chapter 7 exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 First Estate | Clergy-1% |
| Second Estate | Rich nobles-2% |
| Third Estate | 97% of the people, 80%peasants, BOURGEOISIE |
| Louis XVI | Weak, timid, young, inexperienced, was unable to correct France's problems |
| Tennis Court Oath | 3rd estate mtg. to write a new constitution |
| July 14th | Symbolic act of the French Revolution and the French holiday |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | Document that stated men are born free and equal; Dissolved the estate system |
| Maximilian Robespierre | Lender of Committee of Public safety, executed anyone that disagreed with the revolution |
| Coup d' etat | overthrow of the government with the use of the military |
| Napoleonic Code | System of laws in France that promoted order and authority over individual rights |
| Battle of Trafalgar | Britain fought France for control of Europe |
| Waterloo | The site where the French fought the Brits, and the Prussians |
| Hundred Days | Period of time that Napoleon tries to regain political control of France |
| Napoleon | ..., french leader who became a national hero and dictator after the revolution |
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