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The french Revolution Unfolds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Factions | dissenting group of people |
| Emigres | person who flees his or her country for political reasons |
| Marquis de lafayette | the aristocratic “hero of two worlds” who fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution |
| Olympe de Gouges | a journalist, demanded equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen |
| San Culottes | working-class man or woman who made the French Revolution more radical; called such because he or she wore long trousers instead of fancy knee breeches that the upper class wore |
| Marie Antionette | The queen lived a life of great pleasure and extravagance, and this led to further public unrest. |
| Jacobins | member of a radical political club during the French Revolution |
| Republic | system of government in which officials are chosen by the people |