chapter 5

French east india company

fought with British for domination of india, payed off Louis tax debt

British eat india company

helped british support its industrial and economic growth

acts of union

unified england and scotland to prevent a catholic stuart on the throne (wanted protestant)

fredrick 2

prussian, challenged maria theresas right to rule and started war of austrian succession

war of austrian succession

france sided with prussia, britiain with austria

Treaty of Aix-la-chappelle

concluded austrian succession and recognized marias husband as emporer (sexist)

7 years war

france sided with austria (both catholic), britain with prussia (both protestant)

french and indian war

extension of 7 years war

treaty of paris

territorial changes, beginning of britains world dominance

US revolution

french got back at british for 7 years war, put them in much debt

Louis raised taxes

to fund expensive wars

1st estate is who

clergy

2nd estate is who

nobility

3rd estate is who

everyone else in society

marie antoinette

spent lavishly while country starved

1st and 2nd estate

exempt from tax and didnt want to give that up

each estate had

1 vote, greatly lessening influence of 3rd despite being majority of population

bourgeoisie

middle class who wasnt exempt from taxation and started revolution

national assembly

3rd estate declared themselves to fight for liberty, equality, and fraternity

bastile day

bastille symbolized repression exercised by french government, overthrowing it for gunpower was good for french pride

declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen

called for equality, free speech, representative government, and popular soverignety

womens march on versaille

violent, forced king and queen to return to paris, accept declaration, and give bread to people

civil constitution of the clergy

state controlled church, made pay taxes

constitution of 1791

established a constitutional monarchy that placed lawmaking power into the hands of the new legislative assembly

jacobins

radical, robespierre, led reign of terror

sans culottes

very very radical, working class

committee of public safety

suspended constitution and controlled national convention

levee en masse

military draft to spread ideals throughout europe

olympe de gouges

wrote the declaration of the right of woman and of the female citizen

thermidorian reaction

robespierre executed, directory established

toussaint l’overture

led haitain revolution and organized the country

edmund burke

cautioned britain against engaging in a revolution like france

napoleonic code

body of law governing people, property, civil procedures

concordat of 1801

agreeement between napoelon and catholic church to put them on good terms

what did napoelon use to maintain power

secret police, censorship, limited individual right (women)

continental system

blockade of british goods being shipped to european ports

metternich

austrian representative, pushed to restore old european society