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French Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Basic rights given to all people | Human rights |
| People who favor quick and far reaching changes | Radicals |
| Social classes | Estates |
| Unjust use of power, by the French monarchy | Tyranny |
| People who favored independence from Great Britain | American Patriots |
| Middle class | Bourgeoisie |
| Run the government, but it lacked the support of the people | Directory |
| Swift seizure of government | Coup d' etat |
| Robespierre and his supporters killed 40,000 people and Marie Antoinette | Reign of terror |
| New legal system based on enlightenment ideas | Napoleanic code |
| National Assembly | A government consisting of delegates from the 3rd estate. |
| Declaration of rights of man and of the citizen | Document written by Marquis de Lafayette, with advice from Thomas Jefferson |
| Aristocracy | Made up of the 2nd estate |