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22 Cards in this Set
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Guillotine
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a machine used to behead people in a more humane way
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Radicals
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those who clamoured for more sweeping changes. Wanted to set up a rebupblic.
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Emigres
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nobles who had fled during the pepeasent uprisings
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Coalition
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a temporary group who are usually on different sides
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Legislative Assembly
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the group who took power after the national Assembly stepped down, all about a constitutional monarchy
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Jacobin Club
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the most radical club, where violent speech making was the order of the day, they sat on the left side.
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Paris Commune
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a government with representatives from each of Paris' 48 sections
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Danton
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a speaker for the Jacobin club, a leader of the Paris commune. Fearless and devoted to the rights of the poor.
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Robespierre
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one of the few from the Jacobin club who did not dress like a revolutionary, nicknamed "the incorruptible"
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Bastille
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French prison torn down in the early days of the revolution.
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Estates General
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gathering of all three estates of France called by the king
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Great Fear
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a wave of senseless panic that spread though the French countryside after the storming of the bastillebin 1789
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Tennis Court Oath
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a pledge made by the members of Frances national Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
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Declaration of the rights of man
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document that shows that everyone is equal.
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Estates
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the people of France were divided into 3 groups called Estates
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Bourgeoise
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a city dwelling middle class as rich as nobles, but in 3rd estate
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Sans Coulottes
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those without knee breeches. poor Manuel labourers.
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Corvee
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a form of tax that is paid with work rather then money.
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July 14, 1789
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the fall of the bastille
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Old Regime
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when the people were divided into 3 estates and they vote. Majority Won
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Marie Antoinette
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the wife of Louis the 16th
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National Assembly
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the 3rd estate changed their name, decided they will be the ones to make decisions
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