French Revolution Vocabulary

Nobility 1.5% of the population

• 2nd estate

• 1st Estate

• Estates General

• 3rd Estate

middle class

• Peasants

• Nobles

• bourgeoisie

• Burgeoisie

a government consisting of delegates from the Third Estate.

• Radicals

• Reign of Terror

• the Storming of Bastille

• National Assembly

A French Prison

Reign of Terror- (July 1793 to July 1794)

• The Storming of Bastille

• Radicals

• National Assembly

• Reign of Terror

people who favor quick and far-reaching changes

• Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• 2nd Estate

• Tyranny

• Radicals

Clergy 0.5 % of the population

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• Aristocracy

98% of the population

• 1st Estate

• 2nd Estate

• 3rd Estate

• -12th Estate

a document that stated that the government got its power from the people, not the king. It also stated fundamental freedoms for citizens.

• Tyranny

• Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Aristocracy

• Radicals

unjust use of power

• Tyranny

• Granny

• Radicals

• Aristocracy