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French revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Guillotine | a execution device that involved a large razor like blade being dropped on the criminals neck severing there head |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen | everyone had natural rights like liberty property and sucerity |
| Estates-General | the assembly of the clergy the nobility and the commoners who had the power to change and add taxes. |
| First Estate | the clergy |
| Second Estate | nobles |
| Third Estate | commoners |
| National Assembly | it acted as a body to help with the peoples needs |
| Tennis Court Oath | french citizens were against Louis XVI |