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27 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Monarch
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A monarch whose power is not limited by a represenntative assembly
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Archives
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The place where records related to an institution or organization are stored
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bourgeoisie
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the middle class who were neither nobles or peasants
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conservative
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one who opposes rapid change and holds traditional values
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courtier
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an attendant at court usually an aristocrat
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dauphin
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the title given to the prince who is next in line to inherit the french throne
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estates-general
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the legislative body before the french revolution made up of representatives from the three estates
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exile
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to force a person to leave his or her own country and live somewhere else
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guillotine
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a machine designed to behead people quickly and with little pain
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radical
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someone who favors extreme change
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republic
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a government run by representatives elected by the people
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royalist
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a supporter of the king or queen
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tithe
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one-tenth of a persons income paid to support a church
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tumbrel
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a two wheeled wooden cart used to transport prisoners to the guillotine
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philosophes
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Enlightenment thinkers who believed in justice and freedom
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First Estate
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members of the clergy
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Rousseau
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believed that "man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."
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Sun King
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Louis XIV
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Marie Antoinette
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Austrian who became Queen of France, who interfered with her husband's political decisions, and was hated by her subjects
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Tennis Court Oath
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a promise the deputies made to work until a constitution had been written
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The Great Fear
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a time when peasants rioted and feared for their lives
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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French Bill of Rights
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Reign of Terror
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a time when many people were executed by the guillotine
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Jacobins
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a group who created a calendar that was not founded in religion
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Jean Paul Marat
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a radical journalist who was murdered in his bathtub
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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French emperor, general and first consul
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Waterloo
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the battle that finally defeated Napoleon
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