Revolution Key Terms

A statement of the reasons for the American colonies' break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Old Regime

• Estates-General

the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitutions which protects basic rights and freedoms

• Bill of Rights

• Great Fear

• Tennis Court Oath

• Old Regime

What you would call one of the 3 social classes of France

• National Assembly

• Estates-General

• Emigres

• Estate

A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.

• National Assembly

• Coup d'etat

• Reign of Terror

• Legislative Assembly

An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates

• Estates General

• Legislative Assembly

• Great Fear

• Reign of Terror

A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.

• Great Fear

• Old Regime

• National Assembly

• Tennis Court Oath

a wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille

• Reign of Terror

• Great Fear

• Fearful Day

a sudden seizure of political power in a nation

• Great Fear

• Coup d'etat

• Estate

• Take over

the period when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator ant thousands were executed

• Great Fear

• Estate

• Reign of Terror

• Assembly of Terror

What is a coup d'etat?

• Overthrow of the government by the Military
• Overthrow of the government by the people
• When the public votes to change their constitution
• Military tactic using artillery and flanking infantry