chapter 19

in the wake of the great fear in the summer of 1789, the national assembly restored order by

abolishing all of the old nobles and church privilege

why did great britain seek to raise taxes on its american colonies in the 1760's

after doubling its national debt in the seven year's war, great britain sought to tax the american colonies to fund the further defense of the colonies

who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Men" and "A Vindication of the Right of Women", the latter a founding text of the feminist movement

mary wollstonecraft

who forced the king and the royal family to abandon versallies and return to paris

seven thousand parisian women

what was napoleon's grand empire

an enlarged france, a number of satellite kingdoms, and the independent but allied states of austira, prussia, and russia

in the summer of 1789, the national assembly was driven towards more radical action by

revolutionary actions of french peasants and the common people of paris

"what is the third estate", what does abbéde sieyès say about the third estate

the third estate contains everything that pertains to the nation, and thus it is everything

as the jacobins gained power, what was their reaction to women's political activity

they banned all women's political activity, which they believed to be disorderly and a distraction from women's proper domestic duties

"The Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen guaranteed

equality before the law

the legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary third estate included

everyone who was not a noble or member of the clergy

what was the economic effect of the napoleon's continental system

french artisans and the middle class suffered, for they were economically damaged by the blockade of great britain

which of the following correctly identifies napoleon bonaparte's background

he won brilliant victories in italy in 1796-1797

how did the reaction of kings and nobles in continental europe toward the french revolution change over the revolution's first two years

initially pleased by the revolution's weakening of france, they came to feel threatened by its increasing radical message

in the 1780's, over 50 percent of france's annual budget was expanded on

interest payments on the debt

how did america's constitutional convention of 1787 deal with the discord between pro- and anti-slavery delegates

it compromised by stipulating that an enslaved person would count as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and proportional representation in the house of representatives

how did the concordat resolve the crisis over catholicism in france in the napoleonic era

the catholic church gained the right to practice religion freely, while the french state gained greater control over the nomination of church officers and church activities

what two fundamental principles of the french revolution were incorporated into the napoleonic code

the equality of all male citizens before the law and the absolute securities of the wealth and private property

why did the antifederalist oppose the new american constitution proposed by the constitutional convention

they feared for the individual freedoms for which they had fought

why did the french commissioners in saint-domingue abolish slavery in 1793

they were desperate to rally the rebel slaves to the french cause against the spanish and english forces on the island

what does abigail adams want john adams to do when she asks him to "remember the ladies"

to grant women full political rights