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Chapter 18 Section 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Estate | Social class |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class |
| Louis XVI | Last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution |
| Marie Antoinette (Madame Deficit) | Last queen of French Revolution |
| Sans Culottes | Common people of the lower classes in late 18th century France |
| Clergy | The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the church |
| Nobility | The group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those w/ a hereditary or honorary title |
| National Assembly | The elected legislature in France during the 1st part of the French Revolution |
| Estates General | The legislative body in France until 1789, representing the 3 estates of the realm |
| Tennis Court Oath | Vowing "not to separate, and to resemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established |
| Bastille | A fortress in Paris |
| Jacobins | A member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789 |
| Suffrage | The right of intercessory prayers in petitions |
| Robespierre | French lawyer and politician |
| Reign of Terror | A period of remorseless or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period |
| Napoleon | President of France |
| Napoleonic Code | French civil code |
| September Massacre | A wave of killings in paris and other cities in late summer of 1792 during the french revolution |
| Annex | append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document. |
| Plebisate | the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution |
| Secular | denoting attitudes, activities, or things that have no religious or spiritual basis |
| Blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
| Abdicate | (of a monarch) renounce ones throne |
| Committee of Public Safety | formed the de facto executive government in france during the reign of terror |
| Mass Levy | the policy of forced mass military conscription of all able- bodied, unmarried men between ages of 18 and 25 adopted in the aftermath of the french revolution of 1789 |
| Scorched Earth Policy | A military strategy of burning and destroying buildings, crops |
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