The French Revolution and Napoleon Vocabulary Peopleeand P

form of government in which one ruler has absolute control and decision making power

• monarchy
• democracy
• anarchy
• autocratic

rule by the people

• democratic

• oligarchy
• monarchy
• dictatorship

"without breeches"; members of the Paris Commune who considered themselves ordinary patriots (in other words, they wore long trousers instead of the fine knee-length breeches of the nobles)

• Ordinary patriots
• Sans- culottes

• Long trousers
• Nobles

an annual direct tax, usually on land or property , that provided a regular source of income for the French monarchy

• taille
• property tax
• sales tax
• income tax

the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people

• bourgeoise

• autocratic

• democratic

• sans- culottes

medieval fortress on the east side of Paris that become, in the 17th and 18th centuries a French state prison and a place of detention for important person changed with various offenses

• Bastille
• Louvre Museum
• Notre Dame Cathedral
• Eiffel Tower

right to vote in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting proposed legislation

• right to bear arms
• suffrage

• right to privacy
• right to free speech

one of the three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution

• electors

• Bastille

• taille

• estate

an individual qualified a vote in an election

• electors

• Residency status
• Political affiliation
• Voting age

sudden overthrow of the government

• revolution
• rebellion
• uprising
• coup d'etat