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| Question | Answer |
| Estates | Frances population divided by law into three groups |
| First Estate | Consisted of the clergy |
| Second Estate | Consisted of the nobles |
| Third Estate | The lowest class |
| Taille | Frances chief tax |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class. Group included about 8 percent of the population |
| Louis XVI | The leader of the Absolute Monarchy |
| Queen Marie Antoinette | was King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792 |
| Tennis Court Oath | A constitution that made them swear to keep meeting in the tennis court until they had a new constitution |
| Declaration of the rights of Man and the citizen. | The constitution |
| Maximilien Robespierre | French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror |
| Reign of Terror | To defend France from domestic threats the committee adopted policies that became known as the Reign of Terror |
| Coup d'etat | A sudden overthrow of the government Napoleon then seized power |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | He brought the revoloution to an end |
| Versailles | is a royal château in Versailles |
| Storming of the Bastille | occurred in Paris, France, on the morning of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. |
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