French Revolution

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Estates a law made into three status groups.
The First Estate consisted of the clergy
Second Estate is the nobles
Third Estate was everyone else
Taille Frances chief tax
Bourgeoisie Middle class, was another part of the Third Estate.
Louis XVI led them to take drastic action against the absolute monarchy.
Queen Marie Antoinette main job was to produce a male heir.
Tennis Court Oath they swore they would meet when they made a new constitution.
Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen Inspired by the English Bill of Rights of 1689 and by the American Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
Maximilien Robespierre This was dominated by Georges Danton, then by the radical Jacobin.
Reign of Terror To defend France from domestic threats, the Committee adopted policies that became known as the Reign of Terror.
Coup d'e'tat a sudden overthrow of the government. Napoleon then seized power.
Napoleon Bonaparte's his role in the French revolution is complex .
Versailles is the central part of a complex that housed the French government.
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 center of Paris.
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