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27 Cards in this Set
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republic
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system of government in which the officials are chosen by the people
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Committee of Public Safety
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a 12-member committee that had almost absolute power as it battled to save the Revolution
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Maximilien Robespierre
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a shrewd laywer and politician who quickly rose to the leadership of the committee of Public Safety and was given the nickname "the incorruptable"
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Olympe de Gouges
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a journalist who demanded equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Women
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"La Mareillaise"
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a song that later became the French national anthem
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Jacques Louis David
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an artist who immortalized on canvas stirring events
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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nationalism
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a strong feeling of pride in and devotion the one's country
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secular
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having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters
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consulate
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a three-man governing board that Napoleon set up
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Concardat of 1801
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when Napoleon made peace with the Catholic Church. it kept the Church under control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics
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Napoleonic Code
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emobied Enlightenment principles
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Confederation of the Rhine
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Napoleon created this 38-member Confederation under French protection
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Battle of Trafalgar
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located off the south-west coast of Spain when the British admiral Horatio Nelson smashed a French fleet
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Continental System
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failed to being Britain to its knees
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plebiscite
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ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue
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annex
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add a territory into an existing state or country
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blockade
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shutting off a port to keep people or supplies from running in or out
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Joseph Bonaparte
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Napoleon's brother who also sought to undermine the Spanish Catholic Church
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Duke of Wellington
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was later sent by Britain to help the Spanish help fight France
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Marie Louis
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whom Napoleon married. she was an Austrian princess and the daughter of the Hapsburg emperor
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Waterloo
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a battle where the British and Prussian armies crushed France
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Clemons von Matternich
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who the real work fell to
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Quadruple Alliance
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the 4 nations pledge to act together to maintain the balance of power and to suppress revolutionary uprisings
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querrilla warfare
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fighting that carried on through hit and run raids
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abdicate
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give up a high office
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legitimacy
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principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored
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