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French Revolution

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Decks in this class (47)

Week 1- Louis XVI as King and Government
When did louis xv become king,
How did louis xvi become king,
When did louis xvi marry marie an...
19  cards
Week 2- Social divisions
What was the population of france...,
How was the population divided,
What was the first estate
19  cards
Week 3- Enlightened philosophes
What was the enlightenment,
Who were the philosophes,
Name some significant philosophes
11  cards
Week 4- Influence of the philosophes, salons and American war of Independence
How were the ideas of the philoso...,
What were academies,
What were salons
13  cards
Week 5- Economic problems and royal finance
What was the population of france...,
What was the political state of f...,
How did agriculture improve in th...
16  cards
Week 6- Attempts at improvement under Turgot , Necker and Calonne
When was turgot controller general,
What were turgots beliefs,
What did turgot do as controller ...
18  cards
Week 7- The Assembly of Notables, Feb- May 1787
When did the assembly of notables...,
Who made up the assembly,
How did the assembly respond to c...
10  cards
Week 8- The clash with the parlements, May 1787- May 1788
What did brienne ask the paris pa...,
What were the views of the paris ...,
How did brienne try to force regi...
13  cards
Week 9- The Revolt of the Nobles and promise of an Estates-General
What impact did the may edicts have,
What happened with briennes deman...,
Who led many of the risings acros...
10  cards
Week 10- The state of France by the meeting of the Estates-General
What issues had to be resolved be...,
How were the issues surrounding e...,
What structure would the estates ...
12  cards
Week 11- Developments in Versailles, May–July 1789
When and what was the procession ...,
When was the first session of the...,
Who opened the estates general
17  cards
Week 12- Developments in Paris
What were the views of the parisi...,
Give some reasons why there was g...,
When was the breakdown of order i...
12  cards
Week 13- Developments, the Great Fear and the October Days
What happened to the old municipa...,
How did the conflict in paris imp...,
When was the great fear
18  cards
Week 14- Church reforms
Why did the national constituent ...,
What religious changes were made ...,
What were synods
15  cards
Week 15- Political, judicial and administrative reforms; economic and social change
What had to be decided before pol...,
What issues were there with polit...,
What form did the constitution ta...
34  cards
Week 16- Political clubs
What was the noble faction,
What was the societe de 89 societ...,
What were the jacobins
8  cards
Week 17- The king, flight to Varennes and Champ de Mars
What was the kings position like ...,
When did mirabeau die,
What impact did the death of mira...
15  cards
Week 18- The origins and impact of war
How did the austrians respond to ...,
When was the declaration of pilln...,
What was stated in the declaratio...
23  cards
Week 19- Sans culottes’ action
Where did the sans culottes meet,
Who made up the sans culottes,
What role did the sans culottes p...
25  cards
Week 20- The September massacres and elections to the National Convention
Why was panic rising in august an...,
How did danton try to reduce the ...,
What did the rising pressure in p...
18  cards
Week 21- New Republic, Problems and Policies
When did the deputies of the new ...,
What problems did the national co...,
Why did the national convention d...
22  cards
Week 22- The spread of War
How was the war going for the french,
What inspired the french troop to...,
When did britain get involved in ...
9  cards
Week 23- Rising in the Vendée
What was the vendee,
What had caused the rising,
How did the risings begin
6  cards
Week 24- Robespierre's attempts to establish wartime control
Who implemented measures to estab...,
What measures were introduced in ...,
What measures were introduced in ...
7  cards
Week 25- The fall of the Girondins and the Federalist revolt
Why were the sans culottes becomi...,
How did robespierre respond to th...,
What role did jean paul marat play
14  cards
Week 26- The levée en masse and the coming of the Terror
What was happening at the same ti...,
What did the pressure from the sa...,
What did the decree for the levee...
19  cards
Week 27- The spread of the Terror and Executions
How many victims of the terror we...,
What did the convention declare i...,
How many cases did the revolution...
13  cards
Week 28- Influence of the sans-culottes and Robespierre
How did the sans culottes impact ...,
How did the paris commune respond...,
What was notre dame cathedral tra...
16  cards
Week 29- Robespierre's fall and the collapse of the Terror
Why were the committee of general...,
Why was the convention turning ag...,
Why were local governments atheis...
6  cards
1- The Thermidorian reaction and White Terror
What was the thermidorian reaction,
What happened to the cps and cgs,
What happened to the law of 22 pr...
15  cards
2- The 1795 Parisian Risings
What were the three key risings i...,
When was the rising of 12 germinal,
When was the rising of 1 prairial
15  cards
Week 3- The Constitution of the Directory
When was the constitution drawn u...,
What did the constitution establish,
What did the directory consist of
9  cards
Week 4- Financial and political problems and policies
What happened to the value of ass...,
What economic problems did the di...,
What issues were there with trade
28  cards
Week 5- The strengths and weaknesses of the Directory
What were the strengths of the ne...,
What checks and balances were the...,
What successes were there with ec...
11  cards
Week 6- Napoleon’s background, character, and military leadership
What role did napoleon play in th...,
What different titles did napoleo...,
What enlightenment beliefs did na...
5  cards
Week 7- The Italian campaign
How was the war going between 179...,
Why were french troops not winnin...,
What role did napoleon initially ...
21  cards
Week 8- The Egyptian campaign
What were the aims tempting prosp...,
What country was it proposed for ...,
When did napoleon propose an inva...
11  cards
Week 9- The coup of Brumaire
What was jourdan s law,
What was the impact of the second...,
What was the coup of prairial
11  cards
Week 10- Strengths and weaknesses of the new constitution
When was the new constitution ado...,
Who drafted the new constitution,
What was the aim of the new const...
19  cards
Week 11- Napoleon's consolidation of power
When did napoleon relinquish comm...,
When was the coup of brumaire,
What happened at the coup of brum...
20  cards
Week 12- Constitutional developments and establishment of Emperor status
What was senatus consultum,
What was a plebicite,
What was established with the con...
21  cards
Week 13 and 14- Social Change
What did napoleon do to newspaper...,
How did napoleon use censors,
How did napoleon control publishi...
34  cards
Week 15- The position of the Church; the Concordat and its aftermath
What was the position of the chur...,
What would be the advantages of s...,
Why would the concordat help to a...
17  cards
Week 16- Napoleonic codes
What were napoleons aims with the...,
Who established the french civil ...,
How did the french civil code tak...
12  cards
Week 17- Prefects, police, and control
What were napoleons main aims in ...,
What happened to the voting right...,
What did the term of service for ...
21  cards
Week 18- Taxation and the central economy
What issues of taxations did napo...,
What was the structure of banking...,
What was the impact of there bein...
29  cards
Week 19- The impact of war and the continental system
Which two decrees were used to in...,
What was the role of the continen...,
How did napoleon manage to get th...
10  cards

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