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Old Regime
system of feudalism left over from the Middle Ages
estates
a division of three large social classes
Louis XVI
king who helped the American revolutionaries and doubled the government debt.
Marie Antoinette
Louis’s wife, who also put France in debt
Estates-General
assembly of representatives from all three estates
National Assembly
the new name of the Third Estate. They were to be able to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people
Tennis Court Oath
a pledge made by the Third Estate delegates to stay in the indoor tennis court until they had drawn up a new constitution.
Great Fear
wave of “senseless panic” that spread through France. Peasants broke into nobles’ manor houses and tore up old legal papers.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
statement of revolutionary ideals
Legislative Assembly
new assembly which had the power to create laws and to approve or prevent any war the king declared on other nations
Emigres
nobles and others who fled France during peasant uprising
Sans-culottes
Parisian wage earners and shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in the government
Maximilien Robespierre
set out to build “republic of virtue”. He and his supporters tried to wipe out races of France’s past monarchy and nobility.
Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre became the leader of this committee and decided who should be considered enemies of the republic.
Reign of Terror
period of Robespierre’s reign where he acted as a dictator
Napolean Bonaparte
joined the army of the new government when the Revolution started
Coup d’etat
“blow of state”
Plebiscite
vote of the people
Lycees
government-run public schools
Concordat
agreement
Napoleonic Code
Napoleon’s system of laws that gave the country a uniform set of lawas and eliminated many injustices
Battle of Trafalgar
only battle Napoleon lost. It was a naval defeat that took place in 1805 off the southern coast of Spain.
Continental System
policy that was supposed to make continental Europe more sufficient
Penisular War
war that weakened the French empire, where Napoleon lost about 300,000 men
Hundred Days
Napoleon’s last bid for power