Semester 1 Exam Review Part 2

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(1755-1793) frivolous ways (spending), conduct, and various scandals helped discredit the monarchy. She told her husband, Louis XVI, to resist reform demands by the National Assembly. Like, Louis, she was branded a traitor and executed.

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Marie Antoinette

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famous oath made on a tennis court by the Third Estate in pre-revolutionary France.

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Tennis Court Oath

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old order system of government in pre-revolutionary France.

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Ancien régime

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Who authored the Declaration of the Rights of Women and addressed her concerns about the treatment of women in France directly to Marie Antoinette?

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Olympe de Gouges

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notebooks used in pre-revolutionary France to record grievances.

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Cahiers

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( 1757- 1834), a French noble, fought alongside the Americans in the Revolutionary War. Upon his return to France, led the call for reform & in 1789, presented a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to the National Assembly. He was hated by some for his moderate stance, and fled to Austria, but he later returned.

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Marquis de LaFayette

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What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath during the French Revolution?

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It established the National Assembly

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the legislative body made up of the representatives of the 3 estates in pre-revolutionary France.

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Estates- General

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a group or clique within a larger group that has different ideas & opinions than the rest of the group.

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Faction

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Who was the director of the French treasury before the revolution, attempted to reform the country's finances, financed France's participation in the American Revolution through heavy borrowing, and had his calls for reform thwarted by Louis XVI?

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Jacques Necker