The second class of French society made up of the nobility

Which class made up 98% of the population of the middle class (Bourgeoisie and San Culottes) and the Peasant Farmers?

King of France, weak leader, executed during the French Revolution

An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France. Called to help Louis XVI solve the debt crisis.

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

vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written

Fortress in Paris. This structure was raided by angry members of the Third Estate and later was identified as the beginning of the French Revolution.

A King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution.

Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.

A machine for beheading people and was used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety who began the Reign of Terror.

Powerful group, led by Robespierre, set up to defeat all enemies of the revolution.

(1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"

Established after the Reign of Terror / National Convention; corrupt and eventually overthrown by Napoleon.

leader within French army who rose to general during Revolution; led a coup that ended the Revolution and ended corruption in the govenrment; established the French empire under his rule until 1815