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French Revolution-Cash
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9th Grade
10/29/2013

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Great Britain
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France's greatest enemy
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Prince Klemens von Metternich
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*worked to return to the old ideals from before the French Revolution
*the Austrian chief minister who presided over the Congress of Vienna
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The Directory
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This legislative body was in place when Napoleon seized power.
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Continental System
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Restricted trade with Great Britain
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Russian Campaign
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Was a disaster for Napoleon
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Enligtenment Ideas
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One cause of the French Revolution
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Napoleon
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*promised order after the chaos of the Revolution
*Ruled through a coup d' etat over the Directory
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women
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen did not extend to this group
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conscription
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the policy of summoning civilian men into military service
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Tennis Court Oath
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Was made by Representatives of the Third Estate
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Nationalism
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The pride in a persons country and customs and the desire to be free
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buffer states
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the neutral areas set up to surround France
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storming of the Bastille
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The attack on a Paris prison by enraged citizens
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Nobility
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Did not belong to the third estate
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Waterloo
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where was Napoleon's last battle fought
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Liberalism
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this was not a guiding principle at the Congress of Vienna
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Congress of Vienna
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*silenced reactionaries
*Was to create peace in Europe
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King Louis XVI
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called a meeting of the Estates General to be held in Spring 1789 to get approval for new taxes on the Third Estate.
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Legacy of French Revolution
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It inspired people to fightfor their rights in other parts of the world.
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Concert of Europe
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Meetings among Alliances members to make peace in Europe
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