This economy suffered periodic crisis, although it had been expanding for 50 years
100
The French Revolution
What gave rise to the concept of the modern nation-state?
100
A royal armory filled with arms and ammunition, it was also a prison.
What was the Bastille?
100
That revolution would spread to their countries.
Overtime what did some European leaders began to fear?
200
Clergy, Nobility, and Commoners
What are the Three Estates?
200
Government that was forced to call a meeting of the Estates-General to raise new taxes.
What is the government of Louis XVI?
200
September 16, 1810
What was the date that a crowd of local people attacked Spanish authorities in a small village north of Mexico City?
200
The armory was defended by the Marquis de Launay and a small garrison of 114 men.
Who defended the Armory?
200
They set up a limited monarchy.
What did the Constitution of 1971 set up?
300
The peasants constituted 75 to 80 percent of the total population, and were by far the largest segment of the Third Estate
What percent of the population did the peasants make?
300
Social Conditions
What formed a long-range background to the French Revolution?
300
Africa and Asia
What two countries gained their independence from western colonial powers after World War II?
300
De Launey
Who realized that he and his troops couldn't hold out much longer and surrendered?
300
Where victims were executed by being sunk in barges in the Loire River.
Who were the Nantes?
400
The Third Estate consisted of skilled craftspeople, shopkeepers, and other wage earners in the cities
What did the Third Estate consist of?
400
Her Extravagance
What was Queen Marie Antoinette most known for?
400
May 17th
In Norway what day do people celebrate Constitution Day as a national holiday?
400
At one o'clock
What time did the assault begin?
400
Coup d'etat
What was a sudden overthrow of the government?
500
These people sought to expand their power at the expense of the monarchy.
What are the Nobles?
500
An English traveler
Who noted the misery of the poor in the countryside: "All the country girls and women are without shoesd or stockings; and the plowmen at their work have neither shoes nor stockings to their feet"
500
A National holiday
What is a day that has a special significance?
500
Cannon balls
What did the French Guard bombard the fortress with?
500
Napoleon
Who won the confidence of his men, with his energy, charm, and ability to make quick decisions?