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13 Cards in this Set
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Duc D'Orleans
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led 47 nobles to join 3rd estate
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Bailly
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President of 3rd Estate; led Tennis Court Oath; 1st Mayor o' Paris
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Comte de Mirabeau
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Wrote against Lettres de Cachet; leading guy in 3rd Estate
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National Guard
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Army o' National Assembly
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letttres de cachet
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letter signed by king, puts anybody in jail w/ no trial.
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Marquis de Launay
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Governor o' Bastille; nobody listened to his surrender; head on a stick
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Bastille
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people thought it was a torture center; symbol o' evil ancien regime. Not a torture center anymore though-- one o' the better prisons in France at the time.
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ancien regime
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the oppressive, unfair class structure of France before the Revolution
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Hulin
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led march on Bastille
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Vanquer de la Bastille
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one o' 954 people who stormed Bastille; treated as heroes
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Estates General meeting
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showed how crappy ancien regime was; 3rd estate treated rudely
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National Assembly
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3rd estate said "we're 96% of the country, so we represent it" & changed their name to show that.
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Tennis Court Oath
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I will meet until a new constitution is written fo' France
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