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