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The French Revolution Voc.
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- 1EstatesFrance's population had been divided by law into one of three status group
- 2The First EstateConsisted of the clergy
- 3The Second EstatueThe nobles
- 4The Third EststueEveryone Else.
Anyone from the lowliest peasant to the wealthiest merchant - 5TailleFrance's chief tax
- 6Bourgeoisiemiddle class, was another part of the Third Estate
- 7Louis XVIThe opposition of these elites to the old order led them to take drastic action against the absolute monarchy
- 8Maria Antoinettewas especially known for her extravagance and this too caused popular resentment
- 9Tennis Court OathThe oath they swore
- 10Storming of the BastileWhere the Third Estate fought the king's troop's and stole the troop's guns and all they need was gun power, and the knew where to find it. They when to Bastile and fought and when they got there hand on the prison warden they cut off his head, then the crowd demolished the Bastile brick by brick
- 11Declaration of the Rights of Man and the CitizenInspired by the English Bill of Rights of 1689 an by the American Declaration of Independence and Constitution, the charter of basic liberties began with " the natural and impescriptible rights of man" to " liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression."
- 12Maximilen RobespierreRobespierre was one of the revolution's most important leaders and a radicical Jacobin
- 13Reign of TerrorTo defend France from domestic threats, the Committee adopted polices
- 14Coup D'etata sudden overthrow of government.
- 15Napoleon Bonaparte'sIn one sence, he brought the Revolution to an end when to power in 1799. he was a child of the revolution as well. himself never failed to remind the French that he had preserved the the best parts of the revolution during his regin as emperor.
- 16Guillotinea thing where they cut off people heads
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