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The French Revolutio
Junior Cert History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarchy | Monarch ruled with no opposition |
| Divine right of Kings | God gave power to the king |
| Estates-General | Parliament |
| First estate | church leaders |
| Second estate | Nobles |
| Third estate | Ordinary people |
| Tennis court oath | Third estate decided and promised not to pay tax |
| Sans-Culottes | Ordinary people |
| Bastille | French Prison |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | Equal rights for all citizens |
| Beheaded | Executed |
| Radicals/Jacobins | Wanted quick change |
| Conservatives | Wanted slow change |
| Robespierre | Leader of the Jacobins |
| Reign of terror | Robespierre executed 40,000 people |
| The Directory | New Government of France |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | New leader of france |