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World History vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Estates | People are divided into 3 social classes |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class |
| Cahiers | Grievance notebooks |
| Factions | Dissenting groups of people |
| Emigres | Nobles, Clergy, and others who fled France |
| Sans-culottes | Working-class men and women |
| Jacobins | A revolutionary political club |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Guillotine | A fast-falling blade |
| Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country |
| Marseilles | A port city |
| Plebiscite | A popular vote by ballot |
| Annex(ed) | Incorporated into an empire |
| Legitimacy | Restoring hereditary monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon had unseated |
| Ancien Regime | Old order |