social final exam flashcard 20-1

understanding of nation and nationalism.

• ethnic, linguistic, cultural, civic, political, religious/spiritual, geographic, relationship to land.

Nationalism

• belief in nation.

• shared sense of belonging.

Disringuishing between nation and nation-state.

• nation- group of ppl sense they share something in common.

• nation-state- territory; politically organized body of people(with recognized boundaries.)

variety of expressions of nationalism

• celebrations of identity, political actions, artwork, literature, music, songs, speeches, multimedia, clothing, symbols.

louis XIV(sun king) moves palace to versailles

• king seperated from people

• money needed to build and maintain

• represents governments overspending; the ppl suffer from this.

french involvement in american revolution

• gives french an idea of rebelling

• introduces ideas of liberty and equality

• continue later.

poor harvest

• higher break prices

• increased starvation and poverty

• riots for bread

• 80% income to bread purchase.

france on verge of bankruptcy

• increases in taxes

• forces Louis xvi to call estates gen.

• Cause 50% taxes used to pay debts.

Estates general is called to meet

• After 175yrs.

• each estate gets 1 vote.

• 1st and 2nd vote together.

3rd Esated forms national assembly

• response to unfair voting.

• new repr. body made.(inviting all members)

tennis court oath

• national assembly locked out of estate general.

• move to a tennis court.

• swear to create new constitution.

storming of the bastille

• bourgeoisie & sans culottes want weapons.

• people stand up to govt in battle. (to take over prison)

• people are victorious.

• the start of revolution.

Great Fear

• peasant rebellion against lords.

• try to get grain stocks.

DEclaration of right of man and citizen

• written by national assembly.

• promised equality, liberty, property, fair trial, freedom, equality, military, jobs.

womens march

• parisian women marched to Versailles.

• in response to high bread prices.; returning with royal family.

• royal family reside ( as prisoners) in palace.(tulleris)

• this was for change in France.

civil constitution of the clergy

• to redistribute wealth of church.

• angers some Catholics.

constitution of 1791

• created by national assembly.

• retained monarch.

• fulfills tennis court oath.

• end of revolution.

royal family arrested trying to flee france

• louis xiv tries to flee. ( a.k.a Traitor)

• his arrest ends the monarchy in France.

• and then he gets executed.

Declaration of Pillnitz

• austria and Prussia vow.

• to help protect french monarchy.

• with military support and threats of war on revolution.

france at war with Austria, Prussia, Russia, Britain.

national convention

• replaces antional assembly.

• later forms committee of public safety.

• dominated by Jacobins & Robespierre.

september massacres

• suporters of monarchy executed as being traitors.

louis xiv and Marie Antoinette executed

• they get killed; after he tried to flee France.

committee of public safety formed

• to get rid of those who didn’t support revolution.

• led by robespierre.

reign of terror

• 40,000 french excited.

• by committee of public safety.- ends

• cause of being accused of not supporting revolution.

robespierre executed

• his death ends the radical phase and reign of terror.

constitution of 1795

• establishes directory and two house legislature.( upper and lower houses.)

• and declaration of rights of man.

Napoleon takes control of French gov’t.

• he gets rid of the directory and constitution. ( products of constitution of 1795)

• he forceful takes power.

jacobins

radicals, anti king, led by robespierre.

deficit spending

• gov’t spends more money than they actually have.

absolutism

• unlimited centralised authority.

Cardinal Richelieu

• restrained power of nobility.

• inorder to transform france into a central state.

sans cullottes

urban workers of 3rd estate.

republic

• govt led by police.

republic of virtue

• robespierres speech.

• supporting terror; as means to virtuous end.

guillotine

• apparatus designed to carry out executions by beheading.