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French revolution.
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| guillotine | device for beheading. |
| declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen | declaration of rights, equality liberty. |
| Estates-General | French legislative assembly, 1789. |
| First Estate | Clergy, religious, privileged class. |
| Second Estate | Nobility, aristocracy, privileged class. |
| Third Estate | Commoners, majority, unprivileged class. |
| National Assembly | Revolutionary French legislative body. |
| Tennis Court Oath | Pledge to create French constitution. |