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BJU Wrld Hist 16.2

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French philosophes espoused the ideas of personal rights and liberties
Old Regime name given to the political and social order in France before the French Revolution
First Estate consisted of the clergy of the RCC; advised the king in state matters
Second Estate made up of nobility; exempt form the taxes levied by the French king; held some of the highest positions in government
Third Estate largest class; made of 98% French population; greatest social and economic diversity; subdivided into 3 groups: lawyers and wealthy business men, workers in the cities, and peasants
Corvée A system of forced labor
Louis XVI "Good King Louis"; didn't have the character to rule France like Louis XIV; weak king who didn't want to offend anyone
Taille property tax
Capitation poll tax
Vingtième income tax
Cahiers list of grievance that they people wanted the king to consider
Tennis Court Oath declared that they wouldn't disband until a written constitution was established
Declaration of the Rights of Man most prominent early adoption of the Assembly; took its ideas from the English Bill of Rights, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, and from the Declaration of Independence
Assignats paper money backed by the value of its land
Civil Constitution of the Clergy placed the church under state control, provided for the election of all the clergy by the people, and required the clergy to take an oath of loyalty to the state
Jacobins advocated the most radical changes; got their name form an empty Jacobin convent used for meetings
Jean-Paul Marat, George-Jacques Danton, and Maximilien de Roberspierre most prominent leaders of the Jacobin group in Paris
Sans-culottes Paris workers; "without breeches"
Brunswick Manifesto called the French people to rally behind tier king and protect him from the leaders of the Revolution
Vive la nation "Long live the nation"
Committee of Public Safety lead by Robespierre; set about to create a new order in France
Levée en masse one of the first instances of a nation calling on all of tis citizens to take an active part in war
Coalition a temporary alliance of nations
Directory established when a new constitution was enacted, rbigning and end to the Convention
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