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| Geographic Feature that defended Britain. Explain how... | Island/water. Defense b/c troops can be more easily stopped trying to come ashore. Hard to fight back in water. You can see the enemy approaching easily. |
| Geographic Feature that defended Russia Explain how... | Northern Latitude/Harsh winters. Defense: supply lines are cut off by snow and cold, which leaves invaders to freeze to death. 500,000 of Napoleon's troops.... |
| Enlightenment caused the French Revolution b/c | People want a government that will protect their natural rights (social contract) and create an equal society. |
| American Revolution helped cause the French Revolution by | 1. proving it is possible to overthrow a king and create a democratic government. 2. Louis XVI had loaned us money which increased debt of France and the taxes on the Third Estate (also: "no taxation without representation" |
| How are food shortages a cause of the revolution | Famine lasted three years. City workers spent up to 80% of their income on bread. The king did not use his power to help the people. |
| What is the impact of the French Revolution on women's rights? | women did gain rights to property and divorce during the revolution, but lost them when Napoleon took over. |
| The group that paid nearly all the taxes in the Old Regime of France, but only had one vote? | Third Estate. a very unqual tax structure. |
| rigid social class structure | position in society determined by birth |
| Tennis Court Oath | taken by the National Assembly, which swore they would not leave without a Constitution. |
| Storming of the Bastille | Paris mob (esp. sans culotte women) attacked a prison fortress looking for weapons and gun powder, got none - BUT Started Revolution! |
| Reaction of other monarchs in Europe? | feared it spreading to their nation and try to stop...ex. censorship |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | stated the principles of the French Revolution |
| Constitution of 1791 | Kept the king, but limited his power |
| The Reign of Terror | Carried out by Robespierre and the Committe of Public Safety (oxymoron) |
| Robespierre, Ivan the Terrible and Pol Pot of Cambodia | purged/killed their political opponents |
| Most lasting outcome of French Rev. | End of rigid social class system (partly b/c of the Napoleonic Code) |
| What grew in France and all over Europe as a result of the revolution? | nationalism |
| Napoleonic Law Code | granted equality among social classes, used in 30+ nations |
| Continental System | Napoleon's trade blockade of the continent of Europe |
| Revolutions like France and Russia, often occur... | when economic differences among social classes exist |
| Congress of Vienna | used alliances to create a balance of power among the nations in Europe |
| Middle Class (bourgeoisie) | gained the most power in the French Rev. and led it |
| Extent of Napoleon's Empire | most of Europe is either controlled by or allied with Napoleon |
| During the Enlightenment | Philosophers, like Locke, believed all people had natural rights |
| Enlightenment philosohy and John Locke | believed government should by based on the consent of the people |
| Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment | sought natural laws for universe and society |
