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World Civ
French Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tennis Court Oath | Bounded reform minded members of the Estates General to work together to give France a new constitution. |
| Old Regime | The traditional political and social order in France. |
| Second Estate | Made up by French Clergy. |
| Great Fear | Peasant feared roaming bandits, but turned on landlords. |
| Brunswick Manifesto | Ordered the people of Paris to surrender to his army. |
| First Estate | Made up by French Nobles |
| Third Estate | Made up by commoners and merchants |
| Committee of Public Safety | Ruled with dictatorial powers during the "Reign of Terror" |
| Declaration of Rights of Man | Stated the Democratic principles that French Revolutionaries wanted government to be based on. |
| Bastille | Paris prison fortress. |