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Globl ch 23 list 1,2
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly | Assembly that replaced the National Assembly in 1791 |
| emigres | Nobles and others who left France during the peasant uprisings and who hoped to come back to restore the old system |
| sans-culottes | Radical group of Parisian wage-earners |
| Jacobin | Member of the Jacobin Club, a radical political organization |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Revolutionary leader who tried to wipe out every trace of France's past monarchy and nobility |
| Reign of Terror | Period of Robespierre's rule |
| Guillotine | Machine for beheading people |
| Old Regime | System of feudalism |
| Estate | Social class of people |
| Louis XVI | Weak king who came to French throne in 1774 |
| Marie Antoinette | Unpopular queen; wife of Louis XVI |
| Estates-General | Assembly of representatives from all three estates |
| National Assembly | French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate |
| Tennis Court Oath | Promise made by Third Estate representatives to draw up a new constitution |
| Great Fear | Wave of panic |