History of France: Big Picture, Part I

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History of France Big Picture, Part
I Reformation France remains loyal to the _____
Church, but passes the Edict of _______ which
grants religious freedom to the French Protestant
group, the _______. France becomes the first
country with an official religious split.
Exploration _____ ____ claims Eastern _____
(called _____) for France. France sends Catholic
missionaries (_____) to convert natives.
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Absolutism Cardinal ______ centralizes _____ and
creates a _____ monarchy in France. ______ takes
over France in 1643he ________ power, claims to
rule by ____ ____ and repeals the Edict of ____.
The ______ leave France. _____ also build the
____ of _____, which showed his power and wealth.
He buys the loyalty of the ____ and ____Estates
by giving them jobs and letting them live at
______. _____ also allows the _ and _ Estates to
not pay taxes. Louis dies in 1715.
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Enlightenment, ____to ____. The Enlightenment was
often called the Age of Reason due to the
emphasis on _____ _____. French Thinkers Baron
de _______ came up with the idea of the ______
of ______, which said government power should be
spread among three branches in order to avoid
absolutism. He wrote the book The ____ of ___.
Jean-Jacques ______ wrote The ____ _____. He
said that Government is a contract is between the
____ and the ____. ______ is famous for
defending freedom of speech and religion. He gave
the famous quote I disapprove of what you ___,
but I will defend to the ___ your ___ to say it.
A famous Enlightenment painter was Eugene ______,
who painted Liberty Leading the ____.
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In 1789, _____ was absolute ruler of France, but
things were not going well. In heavy debt for
helping the Americans in the American _____, ____
had to raise high taxes even higher on the lower
classes, the ____ Estate. The ___ and ___ Estates
did not have to pay taxes. The ___ Estate was
angry and rebelled. On ___ __, 1789, a peasant
mob overran the hated prison, _____ this became
known as the French independence day, _____ Day.
The ______ Revolution had begun. A new democratic
legislature was formed, the _____ Assembly. The
abolished the Estates system and privileges. In
1793, _____ was beheaded in front of a cheering
crowd. The ______ Assembly was afraid it would
lose its new power, so it launched the _____ of
_____ where it killed anyone suspected of
opposing it. With chaos reigning in France, a
military hero, _____ _______ seized control of
France in a ______ in order to restore order. The
Revolution was over it was 1799.