French Revolution Vocab

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French society divided into 3 Estates: 1st (clergy), 2nd (nobility), 3rd (commoners)

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Estate System

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Armory stormed by revolutionaries in Paris, igniting the French Revolution.

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The Bastille

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Maximilien Robespierre's rule during the French Revolution, marked by mass executions.

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Reign of Terror

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Meeting place for revolutionaries to draft a constitution after being locked out of Versailles.

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Tennis Court Oath

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New invention during the Revolution for executing opponents, ensuring equality in execution.

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Guillotine

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Conflicts between the First French Empire under Napoleon and European alliances to unify Europe.

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Napoleonic Wars

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Meetings post-Napoleon to create a peaceful Europe.

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Congress of Vienna

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Sudden overthrow of government

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Coup D'Etat

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Radical group led by Robespierre during the Reign of Terror

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Jacobins

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Document with Enlightenment ideas like liberties and democracy.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man