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French Revolution Study Guide

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Louis XIV   known as the Sun King, great example of absolute monarchy in 17th & 18th century Europe, Significant because of Government control- by building the palace at Versailles and holding court there, able to control the policy-making in absolute France  
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Deficit Spending   spending more money then your have  
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The Tennis Court Oath   where people gathered to take an oath (promise) until a written constitution was made  
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The Estates General   the representative assembly of the three estates, the nobility and the clergy were the privileged minorities  
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1st Estate   clergy  
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2nd Estate   nobility  
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3rd Estate   mostly peasants  
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The Bastille   a prison which was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob, the prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the entire French Revolution  
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Declaration of the Rights of Man    
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Marie Antoinette    
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The National Assembly    
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Sans Culottes    
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Jacobins    
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Republic    
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Committee of Public Safety    
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Maximilien Robespierre    
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The Reign of Terror    
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The Law of Suspects    
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The Guillotine    
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Declaration of the Rights of Women    
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Olympe De Gouge    
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