Ap Euro Final

What was the fate of the church in France?

CHURCH SUBORDINATE TO GOV. At the end of the Revolution, 30,000 priests had been exiled and hundreds more had been killed. The Civil Constitution of Clergy was established in 1790 which made the church subordinate to the government. It was more or less being overpowered by secular ways of thinking, new scientific discoveries that disagreed with the church's ideals caused a new rift.

What English monarch met a similar demise to Louis XVI?

Charles I - beheaded

What was money being spent on during the revolution?

Debt from American revolution and 7years war. (Also bad harvest caused bread price to rise)

Montegnards

French National Convention's radical faction, Led by Robespierre. Teamed up with the Sans-Culottes to storm the Convention and seize 29 Girondist deputies for treason. (radically opposed the girondists- liked monarchy)

How did the continental system lead to napoleon's downfall?

He grew unpopular among Europe

What was Napoleon's Grand Empire?

His Grand Empire was composed of three major parts: the French Empire, dependent states, and allied states. The French Empire was the inner core of the Grand Empire.

What caused Napoleon to create the Continental System?

It was introduced as He wanted to cut off trade between Great Britain and the rest of Europe in hopes of damaging their economy. Continental System: The Continental System was meant to prohibit all trade, even by neutral countries, with Britain

Impact of continental system

Left the rest of Europe w it bout necessary trade but GB was fine

Napoleon's education system is a reflection of the policies of which of the following earlier European rulers?

Maria Therese of Austria.

What did Robespierre and his Committee of Public Safety do?

Murdered thousands, called the reign of terror.

What occurred during the Hundred Days in France?

Napoleon's return to Paris on March 20, 1815 after his exile on Elba, and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII to the throne of France on July 8, 1815.

Liberalism

Principle ideas of liberty and equality like: representative government, equality before the law, freedom of press, speech, assembly, from arbitrary arrest, called for unrestricted private enterprise, no government interference in the economy

How did the Concordat resolve the crisis over Catholicism in France in the Napoleonic era?

The Catholic Church promised to promote French nationalism, while the French state agreed to abandon efforts to control church doctrine.

Girondists

The Girondists fought for the control of the French National Convention (1793) (tame abolitionists)

Reign of terror

The period from 1793 to 1794 during which Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety tried and executed thousands suspected of treason and a new revolutionary culture was imposed

Sans-culottes

Working poor of Paris. Demanded political action to defend the Revolution. Refused to wear the knee breeches of the middle class and aristocracy. (radical abolitionists)

Jacobins

a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789. The Jacobins were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre they instituted the Terror of 1793-4.

Nationalism

identification and support of one's own nation

Conservatism

the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend of monarchy, bureaucracy, aristocracy, and respectful commoners.

French Estates system

1st. Clergy 2nd. Nobility. 3rd. Everyone else (96% of population) uber poor

Socialism

A system of government in which the economy is controlled solely by the government

Why did the Directory continue the French wars of conquest begun by early revolutionary governments?

The directory continued to support French military expansion abroad because war was no longer so much a crusade as a response to economic problems. Large, victorious armies reduced unemployment at home.