Core Knowledge 6 - French Revolution Vocab

a period of rule

• regime

• constitutional monarchy

• neoclassicism

• Third Estate

• natural law

in France, everyone who is not a member of the nobility or clergy.

• regime

• constitutional monarchy

• neoclassicism

• Third Estate

• natural law

a revival of ancient Greek and Roman ideas, especially in literature, art, or architecture.

• regime

• constitutional monarchy

• neoclassicism

• Third Estate

• natural law

a government by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution.

• absolute monarch

• constitutional monarchy

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• natural law

a system of rights or justice that is shared by all people and that comes from nature, not the rules of society.

• absolute monarch

• constitutional monarchy

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• natural law

cruel or unjust

• absolute monarch

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• tyrannical

a king or queen who has unchecked authority to do whatever he or she wants without any restrictions.

• absolute monarch

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• tyrannical

an assembly made up of representatives from France's Three Estates.

• absolute monarch

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• tyrannical

a group of representatives with the power to make laws for the country.

• absolute monarch

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• tyrannical

a government in which people elect representatives to rule for them.

• absolute monarch

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• republic

• tyrannical