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French Revolution vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Human rights | The basic rights given to all people |
| American patriots | People who favored independence from Great Britain |
| Tyranny | The unjust use of power, by the French monarchy |
| Estates | Social classes |
| Aristocracy | Nobles, who made up the second estate |
| Bourgeois | Middle class |
| National Assembly | A government consisting of delegates from the third estate |
| Declaration of rights of man and the citizen | Said that the government got its power from the people, not the king. |
| Radicals | People who favor quick and far reaching changes. |
| Reign of terror | The time when the king Robespierre killed any one suspected of being disloyal. |
| Directory | To run the government. |
| Coup d' teat | Swift seizure of government. |
| Napoleonic Code | A new legal system based on enlightenment ideals. |