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World History & You
Ch. 21 The French Revolution
Term | Definition |
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The French Revolution | Where people fought to change old laws and to change the rulers of France. |
Equal Rights | Laws that were for all the people. |
Estate | A group of people in France before the Revolution. |
King Louis XVI | Was the King of France During the Revolution. |
Estates General | The makeup of the 3 groups of people in France (1st Estate- Roman Catholics, 2nd Estate- Nobles, 3rd Estate- Peasants, city workers, lawyers, doctors, and merchants) |
National Assembly | A group formed by the 3rd Estate. |
Prison | Where you go when you break the law. |
Bastille | It is an old Prison where the French king sent many people. |
Paris | THe city where the Bastille prison was. |
Marie Antoinette | She was married to King Louis XVI, and was killed by the people during the French Revolution. |
Jacobins | The rulers of the French Republic and tried to kill everyone who was against the Revolution. |
French Republic | People of France did not want a king, so they started a Republic. |
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | These words mean that all people should have freedom and equal rights. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | He ended the Revolution in France. He brought peace to France and war to the rest of Europe. |