French Revolution

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Nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people.

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Feudalism

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Monarch of France during the 1780s

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Louis XVI

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Social class made up of the Nobility.

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2nd Estate

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Social class consisting of the clergy.

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1st Estate

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The bourgeoisie lead this estate and it was made up of merchants, artisans, cooks, servants, peasants etc.

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3rd Estate

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An assembly of representatives from all three estates that met for the first time in 175 years when Louis XVI called them together.

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Estates General

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French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people

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National Assembly

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A pledge made by members of France's National Assembly in 1789 in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drafted a new Constitution.

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Tennis Court Oath

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July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

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Storming of the Bastille

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Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by France's National Assembly.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen