French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

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Old Regime

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The political and social system in France before the French Revolution.

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estate

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A social class in pre-revolutionary France.

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Louis XVI

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The last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Marie Antoinette

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The last Queen of France before the French Revolution, wife of Louis XVI.

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Estates-General

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An assembly of representatives from all three estates in pre-revolutionary France.

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National Assembly

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A revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General.

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Tennis Court Oath

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A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, vowing to continue meeting until a new constitution was established.

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Great Fear

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A period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an aristocratic conspiracy during the French Revolution.

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Legislative Assembly

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The legislature of France from October 1791 to September 1792 during the French Revolution.

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émigré

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A person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons.