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French Rev Vocab
Vocabulary terms from our unit on the French Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| absolute monarch | a king or queen who has unchecked authority to do whatever they want without restrictions |
| reform | an improvment |
| "Divine right of kings" | the belief that kings and queens have a god-given right to rule |
| tyrannical | characteristic of a tyrant, cruel, or unjust |
| treasury | a place where the money and other riches of a government are kept |
| regime | a period of rule |
| parish priest | a person in a local church who leads the congregation |
| tithe | one-tenth of a person's income, paid to support a church |
| Third Estate | 97% of the French population; everyone who was not royalty, nobility, or clergy |
| feudal | relating to the medieval system of exchanging land for service and loyalty |
| Bourgeois | wealthy members of French society, part of the Third Estate. |
| peasant | a poor farmer who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation |
| clergy | all people ordained for religious duties in the church (First estate) |
| famine | extreme shortage of food, starvation |
| proletariat | workers, or working class of citizens |
| reign | to rule over a country, as a king, etc |
| courtier | a person who serves as a friend or adviser to a ruler in his or her court |
| royal | having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family |
| dauphin | the title given to the prince who is next in line to inherit the French throne |
| foreign ambassador | a person from another country who is an official representative of their government |
| interest | the money paid by a borrower for the use of some else's money |
| Estates-General | an assembly made up of representatives from France's three estates |
| delegation | a group of people chosen to speak on behalf of a larger group |
| National Assembly | the elected legislative body in France during the FR Revolution |
| Tennis Court Oath | the promise made on June 20, 1789 by the NA to "not separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established." |
| finance minister | the government official in charge of a country’s money |
| natural law | a system of rights or justice that is shared by all people and that comes from nature, not the rules of society. |
| citizens' militia | an army composed of the people of a nation rather than soldiers |
| constitutional monarchy | government by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution |
| legislative assembly | a group of representatives with the power to make laws for the country |
| republic | a government in which people elect representatives to rule for them |
| guillotine | a machine designed to behead people quickly and with little pain |
| corruption | dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power |
| Jacobin | a member of a violent, extreme left-wing group during the French Revolution |
| royalist | a supporter of the king or queen |
| traitor | a person who is disloyal, a person who betrays their country |
| famine | an extreme shortage of food that results in widespread hunger |
| coronation | the ceremony or act of crowning a ruler |
| national bank | a government bank that issues and manages a countries money |
| exile | to force someone to live outside of a place as a punishment |
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A Gausman
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