French Revolution Basic Vocabulary

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  1. 2. of the Bastille – A Paris uprising on July 14, 1789, seen as the start of the French Revolution.
  2. 4. – A meeting of representatives from the three estates (social classes) in France called to advise the king.
  3. 5. Monarchy – A system where the king has total control and power is not limited by laws or a constitution.
  4. 6. Assembly – A new government formed by the Third Estate to represent the people of France.
  5. 9. – The middle class (merchants, lawyers, doctors) who wanted more political power.
  6. 11. Estate: everyone else (peasants, workers, middle class)
  7. 12. Court Oath – A pledge by the National Assembly not to disband until France had a constitution.
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  1. 1. Estate: clergy
  2. 2. Estate: nobility
  3. 3. of the Rights of Man – A document stating that all men are born free and equal with natural rights.
  4. 7. Estates – The three social groups in France:
  5. 8. of Terror – A violent period when revolutionaries executed thousands of people seen as enemies of the revolution.
  6. 10. – A movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, and questioning traditional authority.