5B: French Revolution Vocab Flashcard 23-24

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First class of French society made up of clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

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First Estate

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Second class of French society made up of the nobility

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Second Estate

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Class comprising 98% of the middle class and peasant farmers.

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Third Estate

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King of France, weak leader, executed during the French Revolution

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King Louis XVI

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Assembly of representatives from all three estates in France, called to help Louis XVI with the debt crisis.

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Estates-General

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French congress formed by the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws for the people.

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National Assembly

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Vow by the 3rd estate to not disband until a constitution was written.

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Tennis Court Oath

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Fortress in Paris raided by the Third Estate, marking the start of the French Revolution.

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Bastille

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A King or Queen is the head of state with limited power by a constitution.

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Constitutional monarchy

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Fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the start of the French Revolution.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen