Ch 6.1 Vocabulary

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well-meaning but weak and indecisive king of France

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Louis XVI

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legislative body made up of representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France

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Estates General

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financial advisor to Louis XVI who made several recommendations to reduce the debt

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Jacques Necker

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fortress in Paris used as a prison for political and other prisoners

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Bastille

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middle class

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bourgeoisie

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famous oath to establish a constitution made on a tennis court by the members of the Third Estate

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Tennis Court Oath

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social class

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estate

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notebook used during the French Revolution to record grievances

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cahier

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situation in which a government spends more money than it takes in

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deficit spending

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old order; system of government in pre-revolution France

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ancien regime