Chp11 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
The Enlightenment | A new way of thinking. An era when scientists, artists and others embraced reason. |
Absolute monarchy | The king had all of the power. |
Louis XV1 | king of France 1798 |
Estates-General | the French Parliament |
First Estate | the Church |
Second Estate | the nobility |
Third Estate | ordinary people e.g. lawyers, doctors |
San culottes | the poor people of Paris |
The Tennis Court Oath | the promise by the Third Estate that they would not go home unless they were given reform. |
The Flight to Varennes | the king's attempt to escape to Holland and the protection of the Austrian Emperor. |
Jacobins | group who wanted rapid change to the way France was governed, led by Maximilien Robespierre. |
Reign of Terror | summer 1793 to summer 1794 when thousands of people were arrested and killed by the Committee of Public Safety. |
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | Slogan of the French Revolution: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood |
Fall of the Bastille | A large prison fortress that was attacked and captured by the people of Paris |
14th July 1789 | Storming of the Bastille. Its anniversary is celebrated every year in France. |
Guillotine | invented to be a more humane form of execution. |
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