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Quiz VI Study Guide - AP European History

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What were five causes of the French Revolution?
enlightenment ideals, debt, famine, over-taxation, monarchal spending
What was the name of the French representative assembly?
Estates General
What were the three estates and what type of people were in them?
1st: Clergy, 2nd: Nobles, 3rd: Regular People
What were two reforms was Louis XVI willing to make?
Constitution, Natural Rights
Who forced Louis XVI back to Paris?
Peasant Women
What was the name of the reform document for the Church/religion in France after 1970?
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
What were three reforms were made to the Church/religion because of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
Secular Marriage, Auctioned Church Lands, Religious Toleration
What was the name of the first constitution for France?
Constitution of 1971
What were three Enlightenment reforms the first constitution brought to France?
Natural Rights, Separation of Powers, Universal Male Suffrage
What was the name of the document added to the French constitution that included several natural rights?
Declaration of the Rights of Man & CItizen
What were three natural rights provided by the document added to the French constitution?
Speech, trial, religion
What was the name of the document similar to the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen that included women?
Declaration of the rights of Women and the Female Citizen
How did the French revolution reform the French military?
Conscription
Who was the author of the Declaration of Rights of Women and the Female Citizen?
Olympes de Gouges
What was the overall goal of the French Revolution?
To spread enlightenment ideals
How did the rest of Europe respond to the French Revolution?
Coalitions to stop France
What were the two reasons as to why the French economy suffered after the revolution?
Debt, Blockade
Who did the Revolutionary government turn to for security?
Jacobins/Radicals
What did the group mentioned above do to maintain order before coming into power themselves?
Imprisonment, Execution with Trial
What was the name of the group made to ensure safety and security once the Reign of Terror had begun?
Committee of Public Safety
What were two things the radical Reign of Terror government banned?
Fancy dress, religion
What did the new government do to increase their popularity after removing the radical government?
Enlisted Napoleon
How did Napoleon become the emperor of France?
He crowned himself/Plepiscite
What were two things Napoleon enacted as a reformer?
Education, Merit
What were two things Napoleon enacted as a dictator?
Censorship, exile, oppression of women's rights
What were two things Napoleon enacted as a conqueror?
Civil Code, religious toleration, destroyed noble rights
What were four reforms brought to Europe by the Civil Code?
Ended noble privilege, religious freedom, merit, equality before law
What was the name of the meeting of the continental government to prevent any further reforms or revolutions from occurring, and to maintain the traditional forms of government in 1815?
Congress of Vienna
What are the two names for the 50 years of continental cooperation between traditional governments after 1815?
Concert of Europe, Age of Matternich
What were three ethnic groups (besides Jews) that now either called for unification, or now called for freedom from a large empire to start their own nation?
Slavs, Germans, Italians
What are two characteristics of nationalism that people identify with rather than monarchs and religion?
language, culture or race
Who led the Congress of Vienna?
Prince Metternich
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