French Revolution Vocabulary

the class system in France that consisted of the 1st estate(the clergy), 2nd estate (the nobility), and the 3rd estate (bourgeoisie & remainder of population)

• Old Regime

• Estates

• National Assembly

• National Convention

prison that was attacked by the mobs in Paris that signified the start of the revolution on July 14, 1789

• Bastille

• The National Assembly

• The Directory

• The Estates-General

revolutionary ideals adopted by the National Assembly which became a major document of the French Revolution that abolished rights of the Old Regime & gave rights to others

• The Directory

• The National Convention

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

the undemocratic assembly of France before the revolution consisting of all 3 estates

• The Directory

• The National Assembly

• Estates-General

• The National Convention

those who wanted some changes in government, but not in an excessive or radical way (also called centrists)

• Moderates

• Conservatives

• Radicals

• Jacobins

the political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution

• Old Regime

• Estates General

• The Directory

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789 to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people; it was the 1st new government in the first stage of the revolution

• The Directory

• The Bastille

• The National Assembly

• The National Convention

those who opposed the idea of monarchy and wanted a large-scale, immediate change (also called left-wing)

• Moderates

• Radicals

• Conservatives

member of the 3rd estate who represented the middle class; they were well educated & believed strongly in the Enlightenment ideas

• sans-culottes

• Radicals

• bourgeoisie

• peasants

a pledge made by members of the France's National Assembly in 1789, which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

• Football Field Oath

• Tennis Court Oath

• Basketball Court Oath

• Baseball Field Oath