FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.
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Village in Belgium near which the Duke of Wellington led British and Prussian forces to final victory over Napoleon.
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A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.
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A series of meetings in 1814-15, during which European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before long, rebellion spread from Paris into the countryside. From one village to the next, wild rumors circulated that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. A wave of senseless panic called the Great Fear rolled through France.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was the Great Fear? The Great Fear, called La Grande Peur in French, was a period immediately following the storming of the Bastille. It was a time when members of the nobility began to fear for their lives because of the popular uprisings that were spreading rapidly across France.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Fear (in French, Grande Peur) was a wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France in July and August 1789. These riots were sparked by economic concerns, rural panic and the power of rumour.
Detailed explanation-5: -During the unrest of 1789, on July 14 a mob approached the Bastille to demand the arms and ammunition stored there, and, when the forces guarding the structure resisted, the attackers captured the prison and released the seven prisoners held there.