History of Europe Questions
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- National Assembly adopts ______________ __ ____ ________ __ _______ ___ __ ___ _________- Revolutionary leaders use the slogan, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"A State-Controlled Church- National Assembly seizes church lands, turns clergy into public officials - This action alarms many peasants, who are devout Catholics
- Louis, worried about his future, attempts to ________ ________ - Revolutionaries catch the royal family near Netherlands' border
-Enlightenment ideas inspire some in ______ _______
- High taxes and rising costs damage economy by 1780s-______ ________ ___and his wife _______ ____________ known for extravagance - this king doubles nation's debt; banks refuse to lend more money
- French army wins great victory against __________ & ______________- In 1793 Britain, Spain, Holland join forces against France - National Convention orders draft of 300,000 to reinforce army
- Rumors fly in Paris that Louis wants to suppress National Assembly - Mob attacks and seizes _________, killing guards on July 14, 1789
- Austrians and Prussians want Louis in charge of France; France declares war- Prussian forces soon threaten to attack _______ - Parisian mob jails royal family, kills guards - Mob breaks into prisons, killing over 1,000, including many who support king - Pressured by mob, Legislative Assembly deposes the king and then dissolves- __________ __________ takes office in September, forming French republic
- ______ ____________: social and political system in France during the 1770s- __________: three social classes of France's Old Regime
- Third Estate has little power under old rules- Sieyès persuades them to make major changes in French government- Third Estate sets up ___________ _________: new legislature to make reforms- _______ ________ _______: delegates decide to write new constitution for France
- _______ ________: Catholic clergy—own 10 percent land, pay few taxes-________ ________: rich nobles—2 percent population, own 20 percent land
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife
What did most Europeans rely on as the two main sources of knowledge about the natural world?
How did the Medici family become wealthy?
Most philosophes believed the government's power came from ...
Most philosophes believed the governments power should be ...
Absolutists, unlike ..., belived the governments power comes from ...
What new farming technique during the agricultural revolution increased crop yields?
The geocentric theory states that the center of the universe is
The heliocentric theory states that the center of the universe is
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War?a. Japan was forced to allow Russian fur traders access to several ports.b. Russia gave up its sphere of influence in China to Japan.c. Japan gained control of valuable territory and proved that they could complete militarily with European powers.d. all of the above.