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French Revolution
Question | Answer |
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What are Human rights? | Basic rights given to all people |
Who are American patriots? | People who favored independence from Great Britain |
What is a tyranny? | Unjust use of power |
What are estates? | Social classes |
What is aristocracy? | Nobles |
Who are bourgeoise? | Middle class |
What is a National Assembly? | Government consisting of delegates from the third estate |
What is the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen? | A paper that said that the government got its power from the people not by the king |
What are radicals? | People who favor quick and far reaching changes- to set up a new government |
What is the reign of terror? | A period in time when a lawyer named Maximilian Robespierre came in charge and killed a lot of people. |
What is directory? | Run the government |
What is coup d'etat? | Swift seizure of government |
What is the napoleonic code? | Based on enlightenment ideals |