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History 16.2
Things that I thought could be on the Notes Quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Old Regime | political and social order in France before the French Revolution |
| First Estate | composed of upper clergy of the Roman Catholic Church |
| Second Estate | nobility; segment of French society |
| Third Estate | largest estate in France comprising all who were not high clergy or nobility |
| Tennis Court Oath | oath of the French Third Estates declaring that they would not disband until a written constitution was established |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | French Revolutionary document that outlined what the National Assembly |
| Civil Constitution of the Clergy | provided for the election of all the clergy by the people |
| Jacobins | advocated the most radical changes |
| Jean-Paul Marat, George-Jaques Danton, and Maximilien de Robespierre | Jacobins most prominent leaders |
| Brunswick-Manifesto | declaration calling people to rally behind their king and to protect him from the leaders of the Revolution |
| Committee of Public Safety | twelve-man committee that managed the everyday affairs of the French Revolutionary government |
| levée en masse | a nation calling upon its citizens to take an active part in the war effort |
| coalition | temporary alliance of nations |
| Directory | French Revolutionary government after the National Convention |