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HIEU 242 Exam 1 Questions And Answers|
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Ancien Regime - Answer✔political structure in pre-revolution France that consisted of
absolutism and class orders/estates
Absolutism - Answer✔system of government in which both legislative and executive power was
concentrated in the hands of a king who could act w/o any legal limitations on his sovereignty
(result of religious wars from earlier century)
Palace of Versailles - Answer✔center of French political power from 1682
Louis XIV - Answer✔"sun king" who moved nobles from provinces into Versailles
"nobility of the sword" - Answer✔old line of nobility extending over generations within one
family
"nobility of the robe" - Answer✔Nobility who bought in, new money
first estate - Answer✔clergy
second estate - Answer✔nobility
third estate - Answer✔commoners
honor in ancien regime - Answer✔distinguished birth and profession
moral basis of 18th century society - Answer✔tradition (family ways) & authority (church)
privileges - Answer✔private laws that legislated inequality, examples: death penalty and taxes
only applied to commoners
ancien regime dress code - Answer✔only nobility and clergy were allowed to wear bright,
expensive clothes because social standing needed to be visible
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - Answer✔unequal rights people lived by
under the ancien regime
The Enlightenment - Answer✔intellectual movement during the ancien regime that facilitated
thinking and skepticism which challenged tradition and authority (church)
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HIEU 242 Exam 1 Questions And Answers|
Already Graded A+| Latest Update.
Ancien Regime - Answer✔political structure in pre-revolution France that consisted of
absolutism and class orders/estates
Absolutism - Answer✔system of government in which both legislative and executive power was
concentrated in the hands of a king who could act w/o any legal limitations on his sovereignty
(result of religious wars from earlier century)
Palace of Versailles - Answer✔center of French political power from 1682
Louis XIV - Answer✔"sun king" who moved nobles from provinces into Versailles
"nobility of the sword" - Answer✔old line of nobility extending over generations within one
family
"nobility of the robe" - Answer✔Nobility who bought in, new money
first estate - Answer✔clergy
second estate - Answer✔nobility
third estate - Answer✔commoners
honor in ancien regime - Answer✔distinguished birth and profession
moral basis of 18th century society - Answer✔tradition (family ways) & authority (church)
privileges - Answer✔private laws that legislated inequality, examples: death penalty and taxes
only applied to commoners
ancien regime dress code - Answer✔only nobility and clergy were allowed to wear bright,
expensive clothes because social standing needed to be visible
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - Answer✔unequal rights people lived by
under the ancien regime
The Enlightenment - Answer✔intellectual movement during the ancien regime that facilitated
thinking and skepticism which challenged tradition and authority (church)
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