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FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRENCH REVOLUTION VOCABULARY

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ABSOLUTE MONARCH: A MONARCH WHOSE POWER IS NOT LIMITED BY A REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY. A MONARCH WHO HAS TOTAL POWER, OFTEN TIMES IT LEADS TO A REIGN OF TYRANNY.
ARCHIVES: THE PLACE WHERE RECORDS RELATED TO AN INSTITUTION OR ORGANIZATION ARE STORED.
BOURGEOISIE: THE MIDDLE CLASS WHO WERE NEITHER NOBLES OR PEASANTS.
CONSERVATIVE: ONE WHO OPPOSES RAPID CHANGE AND HOLDS TRADITIONAL VALUES.
COURTIER: AN ATTENDANT AT COURT, USUALLY AN ARISTOCRAT.
DAUPHIN: THE TITLE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE WHO IS NEXT IN LINE TO INHERIT THE FRENCH THRONE.
ESTATES-GENERAL: THE LEGISLATIVE BODY BEFORE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE THREE ESTATES.
EXILE: TO FORCE A PERSON TO LEAVE HIS OR HER OWN COUNTRY AND LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
GUILLOTINE: A MACHINE DESIGNED TO BEHEAD PEOPLE QUICKLY AND WITH LITTLE PAIN.
RADICAL: SOMEONE WHO FAVORS EXTREME CHANGE.
REPUBLIC: A GOVERNMENT RUN BY REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
ROYALIST: A SUPPORTER OF THE KING OR QUEEN.
TITHE: ONE-TENTH OF A PERSON’S INCOME, PAID TO SUPPORT A CHURCH.
TUMBREL: A TWO-WHEELED WOODEN CART USED TO TRANSPORT PRISONERS TO THE GUILLOTINE.
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