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- 1. Revolution: The revolution that started in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges
- 5. Estate of France: Made up of the Clergy and was the second smallest class. No taxes but had power to levy a 10% tax
- 8. d’état: an overthrow of a government
- 9. of the Rights of man and citizen: Written in France as a means of the citizens declaring their independence from King Louis XVI
- 12. Antoinette: The wife of King Louis XVI who was also beheaded
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- 2. of Terror: A period in French history in which over 17000 citizens were beheaded at the guillotine for disagreeing with the French government
- 3. Assembly: A revolutionary assemble formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General
- 4. Louis XVI : King of France during the French revolution who was tried and found guilty of treason and was beheaded
- 6. Estate of France: Made up of Nobility (except the king) and was the smallest class. No taxes
- 7. Estate of France: Largest class in France that ranged from peasant farmers to the bourgeoisie. The third estate was 96% of French population.
- 10. General: Legislative and consultative assembly of the different French classes. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king. It had no true power on its own right.
- 11. court oath: An oath taken in defiance to King Louis XVI on an indoor tennis court to get a new French constitution