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Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizens |
a document that laid out the basic principles of the French Revolution→ liberty, equality, and fraternity. |
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Republic |
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. |
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Three Estates |
the class and economic system in Pre-Revolutionary France consisting of the clergy, nobles, and commoners. |
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Committee of Public Safety |
a body within the National Assembly organized by the Jacobins to protect the nation from internal and external threats. |
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Reign of Terror |
a period during the French Revolution in which Robespierre-led government executed thousands of political and ordinary citizens. |
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Guillotine |
a device used during the French Revolution for beheading people. |
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Jacobins |
the most radical political group within the National Assembly during the French Revolution. |
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Plebiscite |
the procedure used to submit the constitution of a new government to the people for a yes or no vote. |
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Coup d’etat |
“stroke of state;” the sudden overthrow of a government by force. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
a French military leader who came to power during the French Revolution and eventually became Emperor of France who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. |
