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French Revolution
French Revolution Study Guide
Term | Definition |
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Louis XIV | known as the Sun King, great example of absolute monarchy in 17th & 18th century Europe, Significant because of Government control- by building the palace at Versailles and holding court there, able to control the policy-making in absolute France |
Deficit Spending | spending more money then your have |
The Tennis Court Oath | where people gathered to take an oath (promise) until a written constitution was made |
The Estates General | the representative assembly of the three estates, the nobility and the clergy were the privileged minorities |
1st Estate | clergy |
2nd Estate | nobility |
3rd Estate | mostly peasants |
The Bastille | a prison which was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob, the prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the entire French Revolution |
Declaration of the Rights of Man | |
Marie Antoinette | |
The National Assembly | |
Sans Culottes | |
Jacobins | |
Republic | |
Committee of Public Safety | |
Maximilien Robespierre | |
The Reign of Terror | |
The Law of Suspects | |
The Guillotine | |
Declaration of the Rights of Women | |
Olympe De Gouge |