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French Revolution
Words and Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| popular sovereignty | the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy. |
| guillotine | a machine with a heavy blade used for beheading people |
| declaration of the rights of man and of citizen | a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. |
| estates-general | the representative assembly of the three estates |
| first estate | people who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country. |
| second estate | the nobility of the country. |
| third estate | common working class of the country |
| national assembly | the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution |
| tennis court oath | an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. |