world history exam
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- document outlining the fundamental lawas and principles that govern a nation
- constitution
- the real head of the government in britian
- prime minister
- protects individuals against unlawful imprisionment
- habeaus corpus
- merchants and professional people from towns in early england
- gentry
- monarch who started the period known as the restoration
- charles II
- puritian leader during english civil war
- oliver cromwell
- monarch during the american revolution
- george III
- put to death for plotting to kill queen elizabeth
- mary, queen of scots
- monarch who supported persecution of protestants in the star chamber court
- charles I
- designed to keep roman catholics from ruling britian
- the act of settlement
- designed to guarantee the power of parliament, this law forbade the monarch from taking certain actions without parliaments agreement
- the english bill of rights
- this law guaranteed protection against illegal arrest
- the habeaus corpus act
- aimed at only protestants, this law granted religious freedom
- the act of toleration
- this ended the conflict between the colonies and britian
- treaty of paris
- charles I called parliament into serssion in 1640 bc
- scotland was in rebellion and he needed funds for an army
- hobbes and locke agreed that
- people had first lived in a state of anarchy and then made a social contract
- the remnant of the long parliament became known as
- a rump parliament
- as ruler of england, oliver cromwell did NOT
- authorize a new edition of the bible
- the tories supported
- the hereditary right of james II to rule, until his actions antagonized them
- the era of oliver cromwell's rule is known as
- the protectorate
- the french and indian war was the northern american aspect of
- the seven years' war
- the federal system of government divided power
- between the central (federal) government and the states
- the american revolution
- inspired people in other nations to revolt against teh privileged classes, put the princile of natural rights into practice, and set up a new relationship between citizens and their government
- the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are known as
- the bill of rights
- noble who fled france during the revolution and lived in a foreign nation
- emigre
- the urban middle class
- bourgeoisie
- person who suppported the old regime
- counterrevolutionary
- person who criticized society during the enlightment
- philosophe
- used by the social, cultural, and political elite to share ideas
- salon
- adopted by the committee of public safety to meet the danger of invasion
- conscription
- used by napoleon to seize absolute power in france
- coup d etat
- allowed more men to vote for teh national convention delegates
- universal manhood suffrage
- lets people register their opinions by voting only yes or no
- plebiscite
- people loved their country more than their religion
- nationalism
- the spirit of the laws
- baron de montesquieu
- the encyclopedia
- denis diderot
- two treatises on government
- john locke
- candide
- voltaire
- the social contract
- jean jacques rousseau
- the class of teh french society that was divided into the bourgeoise, laborers and artisans, and peasants was called
- third estate
- on july 14, 1789, a mob stormed the bastille, a
- hated prision-fortess in paris
- montesquieu believed that the best form of government would have
- all power shared between two branches of government
- the class concerned most about the price of food was the
- third estate
- the revoulutionay tribunal executed
- mostly laborers and peasants
- the reign of terror was designed to
- suppress all opposition to the convention
- the reign of terror ended with the death of
- robespierre
- name three reasons that the french people were discontented in the 1700s
- the third estate was the only estate paying taxes, they were in debt bc of all their wars, and the third estate had no land
- under one title or another, _______________ ruled france as a military dictator from 1799-1814
- napoleon bonaparte
- the duke of wellington commanded the allied armies at tremedous victory at _______ in 1815
- waterloo
- confrence held in austria to settle political and territorial questions arising from the napoleonic wars...
- congress of vienna
- system of french laws that became the foundation fo many european legal systems
- napoleonic code
- the period b/t napoleons escape from elba and his defeat
- hundred days
- alliance signed by great britian, austria, russia, and prussia to protect europe from revolutionary movement
- concert of europe
- the continental system primarily was designed to
- cripple the british economy
- seizure of power by force-- how napoleon gained control of france
- coup d etat
- napoleons invasion of russia was
- a result of the czars resumption of trade with great britian
- in fighting the french, what were the russians able to use to achiever their military goals??
- the russians winter, the strategy of retreat, and the scorched earch policy
- french actions in spain led to armed resistance by guerrilla fighters and a long, draining conflict called the
- peninsular war
- after escaping from exile on elba, napoleon gathered volunteers from the french country side and seized power from _______
- king louis xviii
- who was the most influential leader at the congress of vienna
- prince klemens von
- the actions of the congress of vienna helped to generate an independence movement in
- south america
- as a result of actions taken by the congress of vienna helped to generate an independence movement in
- spain
- an important aspect of napoleons character was his unwillingness to accept defeat. what action best shows that train?
- he returns to france and raises another army