French Revolution Vocabulary

the so-called middle class, mainly dominated by business owners and merchants

• bourgeoisie

• estates

• emigres

• levee en masse

The _________ was the legislative body in France until 1789 that had representatives from all three social classes.

The ​ ​ (a)   in French society was made up of a majority of the population from the bourgeoisie to peasant farmers.

• third estate
• first estate
• second estate
• clergy

French society was divided in three separate ​ (a)   each of which represented one of the social classes.

• estates
• clubs
• teams
• plebiscites

Match the following

• clergy

• Third Estate

• commoners

• First Estate

• nobility

• Second Estate

What is the name given to the machine with a heavy blade that was used in executions?

• plebiscite

• guillotine

• Bastille

• Assignats

the doctrine that states that your country's interests are superior or better than any other country's.

• countrified

• gentrified

• nationalism

• annexed

A(n) _____ was a paper bill issues in France as currency by the Revolutionary government between 1789 and 1796.

• dollar

• assignat

• plebiscite

• consulate

What was the name of the royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the King and French government? It was stormed and destroyed by the revolutionaries in Paris.

• Plebiscite

• Bastille

• Louvre

• Versailles

On June 20, 1789, members of the national assembly swore to meet until they had written and established a new French constitution in what became known as the...

• Red Table Talk

• Croissant Agreement

• Tennis Court Oath

• Ping Pong Posse