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38 Cards in this Set
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social class of clergy
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FIRST ESTATE
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social class of nobles
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SECOND ESTATE
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social class including majority of society (bourgeoisie, working class, peasants)
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THIRD ESTATE
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French term for the middle class
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BOURGEOISIE
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a king or queen with complete power
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ABSOLUTE MONARCH
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a document signed by the king that could put anyone in jail indefinitely
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LETRES DE CACHET
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term for the period in Europe before the French Revolution
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ANCIEN REGIME
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old prison that symbolized everything that was wrong with the absolute French government; attacked by people in Paris in 1789
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BASTILLE
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A document the king would sign that could put anyone in jail indefinitely
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LETTRES DE CACHET
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Period of time in which philosophers challenged absolute governments
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ENLIGHTENMENT
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church tax
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TITHE
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land tax
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TAILLE
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Tax on labor (peasants had to work for free for nobles a certain number of days a year)
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CORVEE
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Social class made up of clergy
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FIRST ESTATE
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Another term for middle class
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BOURGEOISIE
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Term for people who were craftspeople and urban workers
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ARTISANS
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Social class made up of nobles
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SECOND ESTATE
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Law-making group made up of representatives from each estate; each estate (class) had one vote
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ESTATES-GENERAL
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Social class made up of 97% of the population - peasants, workers, and middle class
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THIRD ESTATE
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Another term for someone who believes in slow change
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MODERATE
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The group created by the Third Estate when they broke away from the Estates-General
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
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Event where Third Estate members promise to not leave the indoor tennis court until they write a constitution for France
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TENNIS COURT OATH
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Term for the old way of life in France and Europe before the French Revolution (1789)
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ANCIEN (ancient) REGIME
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The old prison which symbolized everything that was wrong with the government
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BASTILLE
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First document created by the National Assembly that listed people's rights
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DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
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Slogan of the French Revolution
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"LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY"
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The price of this item caused the women of Paris to riot
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BREAD
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Term for someone who wants dramatic, fast change
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RADICAL
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Term for a government in which the people elect their leaders
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REPUBLIC (representative democracy)
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Term for the right to vote
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SUFFRAGE
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New execution device that was seen as being humane compared to medieval punishments
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GUILLOTINE
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French leader executed under the name Citizen Capet
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LOUIS XVI
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Radical members of the National Assembly/National Convention
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JACOBINS
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Moderate members of the National Assembly/National Convention
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GIRONDISTS
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Term for the Paris shopkeepers who supported the radicals
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SANS-CULOTTES
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Group led by Robespierre that ran the country during the Radical stage looking for enemies of the state
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COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
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Period during the radical phase where the largest number of people were executed by the guillotines
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REIGN OF TERROR
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Term for people who want to return to the way things used to be; conservative
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REACTIONARY
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