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8935158961AristocracyA government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility0
8935166940Rene MaupeauFrench minister that taxes the 1rst and 2nd estate1
8935174126Charles Alexandre de CalonneFrench minister who tried unsuccessfully to raise taxes on nobility and clergy2
8935178709Assembly of NotablesA group of nobles and aristocrats invited by the king of France to discuss reform of the government.3
8935189819Estates GeneralAn assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France.4
8935200096BourgeoisieMiddle class5
8935203806First EstateClergy6
8935207039Second EstateNobility7
8935212459Third Estate98% of the population made up of Bourgeoisie, San Cullotes, and the Peasent Farmers8
8935218218Marie Antoinettequeen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular9
8935222899The BastilleFrench prison that became known as a symbol of the royal abuse of power10
8935226764AssignatsRevolutionary currency11
8935238677The National Constituent AssemblyAbolished feudalism and published the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.12
8935247402The Civil Constitution of the ClergyLaws brought in by the revolution reducing the power and wealth of the Church.13
8935253169ÉmigrésFrench nobility who fled country to escape the Revolution14
8935261398Jacobinsmember of a radical political club during the French Revolution15
8935267584Sans culottesa lower-class Parisian republican in the French Revolution.16
8935290325Edmund BurkeReflections on the Revolution in France17
8935297965The Levee en Massewas the policy of forced mass military conscription of all able-bodied, unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 25 adopted in the aftermath of the French Revolution18
8935316925Robespierreleader of the Committee of Public Safety; chief architect of the Reign of Terror19
8935320652Thermidoreleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August)20
8935324815The Directory5 man executive branch of government proposed and adopted in France in 179521
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