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French Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Estates general | the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), and the commoners (Third Estate). |
| Regime ancien | was the monarchic, aristocratic, social and political system established in the Kingdom of France |
| Louis xvi | , was King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792, |
| Third estate | was 98% of France non clergy or noble people |
| First estate | is the clergy in france |
| Second estate | were the nobles in france |
| Tennis court oath | the national assembly vowing not to separate |
| National assembly | was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the third estate |
| National convention | was the third French government of the French Revolution |
| Reign of terror | was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution with the use of the guillotine |
| Robespierre | revolutionary leader in France started the reign of terror and was killed to end terror |
| Jacobins | The Jacobin were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, along with Robespierre and the reign of terror |
| Bastille | prison in France and was overthrown starting the french revolution |
| Committee of public safety | was established for safety from foreign attacks and after the reign of terror |
| Guillotine | a machine with a heavy blade to painlessly behead people against the revolution |
| Directory | group of five men who held the executive power in France |
| Declaration of the rights of man | the natural rights of man and that all men are equal |
| Napoleon | was a French military and political leader who overthrew France and became the leader. |
| Enlightenment | ideas that spread of using reason and not tradition of government church and everything |
| American revolution | effected the french revolution by giveing ideas of ne ways of governing that work |
| Inflation | an increase of value of goods and the decrease of the value of currency like bread price goes up and the money is valued less |
| Napoleonic code | is the French civil code established under Napoléon |
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