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19 Cards in this Set
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Old Regime |
the political and social system of France before the French Revolution
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estate |
French social class |
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bourgeois (bourgeoisie) |
top of the third estate in France, merchants, lawyers, doctors
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deficit spending |
spending more than one earns |
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Estates General |
legislative body in France, made up of representatives from the three estates |
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Louis XVI |
king of France, whose rule led to the revolution, he was executed |
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emigre |
nobles, clergy and others who fled revolutionary France
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republic |
government ruled by elected representatives rather than a monarch
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suffrage |
the right to vote |
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Robespierre |
led the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror
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Reign of Terror |
time of the French Revolution (1793-1795) where people accused of counter revolution were swiftly executed
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Tennis Court Oath |
Promise made by Third Estate representatives to draw up a new constitution
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National Assembly |
a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate
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Storming of the Bastille |
Destruction of the prison seen as the true start of the French Revolution.
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plebiscite |
popular vote by ballot
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scorched earth policy |
Destroying crops and livestock so that one's enemy has nothing to use for food as they invade. Used by the Russians when Napoleon invaded in 1812
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abdicate |
to give up a position, right, or power
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ideology |
system of thought or belief
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universal manhood suffrage |
all adult males right to vote
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