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French Revolution
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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3rd Estate | Made up 97% of the population and paid all the taxes |
Guillotine | A tool used for the execution of thousands during the French Revolution |
Estates General | A group in France that was made up of representatives from each estate |
aristocrats | Nobles, lords, and wealthy landowners; the 2nd Estate |
Louis XVI | King of France who spent money on wars and who was weak and greedy |
Reign of terror | The period of the revolution where anyone thought to be against the revolution was killed |
Marat | Newspaper writer who called for more death |
Absolute monarch | A king or queen with total power |
clergy | Made up 1% of the population and paid no taxes; the 1st Estate |
Robespierre | Led the revolution during the reign of terror |