Chapter 19 Test: The French Revolution and Napoleon Matching Match each term with the correct statement below. a. abdicate d. sans-culottes b. deficit spending e. suffrage c. plebiscite ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Spending more money than is taken in Working-class revolutionaries The right to vote Ballot in which voters say yes or no to an issue To give up power Match each person with the correct statement below. a. Napoleon d. Olympe de Gouges b. Jacques Louis David e. Clemens von Metternich
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two Revolutions? When one speaks of the French and Russian revolutions‚ they do not pay particular attention to women‚ but more to the revolutionary men. After all‚ most history books only mention the King‚ the soldiers‚ the condemned‚ and perhaps the Queen. But where are the mothers‚ daughters‚ sisters and wives? Even with characters such as Olympe de Gouges‚ (who was in fact a woman)‚ and Marie-Jean Roland‚ (also a woman)‚ who inspired the French women to take part in the revolution; women
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During this period‚ roughly from 1789 to somewhere in the 1790’s‚ French citizens uprooted and reshaped their country’s political old political structure that was based around century-old monarchy and the feudal system and replaced it with a more modernized approach. Much like the American Revolution‚ the French Revolution was also based around ideas of enlightenment‚ focusing particularly on popular sovereignty and inalienable rights. Even though
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to deprive power from his famous Coup of 18 Brumaire and was raised to power as Frist Consul of French‚ in which many believe ended the French revolution. Once Napoleon overthrew The Directory and established himself as the ruler of France‚ which only lasted from 1799 to 1814. His first move of the French Revolution as promised was The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Napoleon ideal of the French Revolution were simply a means to an end‚ and that end was his own personal power. From the beginning
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very bloody revolution during the late 1700’s‚ France encompassed most of Europe and was desperate for more. The self-crowned emperor who brought them many glorious victories in battle was named Napoleon. Some of Napoleons efforts were in vein as he restored an abolished monarchy‚ abolished most newly gained women’s rights‚ and made peace with the Catholic Church. But he also helped the revolutionaries in many ways. Napoleon overall did more to help the efforts of the French Revolution than he did
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course of the French Revolution‚ the revolutionaries wrote three constitutions which were all reactions to what was happening at the time in which they were written. The Constitution of 1791 set up a limited monarchy under Louis XVI because the revolutionaries were more conservative at this point and did not want to be rid of Louis‚ but rather to just control his power. The Constitution of 1793 set up a republic because the revolutionaries discovered Louis plotting counter revolutions‚ so they want
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rather as a struggle that has occurred through many eras. As a result‚ many battles‚ conflicts‚ wars‚ and revolutions have been fought over this issue. The French and American revolutions are both two great examples of how confrontation has helped the cause for human rights and have provided laws and legal documents to ensure the rights of humans in today ’s society. The French Revolution was a collision between a powerful aristocratic government and the people it ruled. After the Seven Years
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as very little else does” (L30‚ 14:48). An external factor that attributed to Beethoven’s situational influences was the French Revolution; “In 1789‚ when the French Revolution began‚ Beethoven was an impressionable‚ testosterone-filled eighteen and a half year old. Like so many young people of his generation‚ he was energized by the heady sense of change that the revolution engendered‚ and at
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The plight of the French people has resonated throughout and ultimately changed the course of history‚ proving that the people indeed have the power to make significant change. It may take one person to spark a nation into revolt with the introduction of new ideas‚ all of which can be social‚ political‚ and even personal. Maximilien Robespierre is often seen as the face of change during the French Revolution as he managed to gather a large following of fed up citizens ready to make their inept leaders
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Imani Dorcelus September 28‚ 2011 Global Hist. II H Berlin 6 The French Revolution of 1789 consisted of many aspects which led to the movement. Both long-term and immediate causes bequeathed to its triumph. The Enlightenment bestowed a new concept of government and society. America also influenced the nation’s controversial revolt. Many actions contributed to the French Revolution of 1789; according to an excerpt from Travels in France by Arthur Young. (Document 1) Observations
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