| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Legislative Assembly | The body of government that had the power to create laws and approve or reject declarations of war. |
| émigré | Nobles and others who had fled France, and hoped to undo the Revolution and restore the Old Regime. |
| sans-culotte | Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted greater changes from the Revolution. |
| Jacobin | The radical political group who was involved in governmental changes and would eventually seize control of the revolution. |
| guillotine | The revolutionary new beheading machine that was put to a lot of use during the French revolution. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | The Jacobin leader who seized control of France in 1793 and eventually went crazy. |
| Reign of Terror | The period of oppression and terror during the rule of Robespierre. |
| blockade | a forcible closing of ports that Napoleon set to prevent trade from communication. |
| Continental system | the policy where there was no communication with Great Britain and other European nations. |
| guerilla | bands of Spanish peasant fighters that struck at French armies in Spain. |
| Peninsular War | War where Napoleon lost about 300,000 men. |
| scorched- earth policy | a policy where grain fields where burnt and livestock were slaughtered. |
| Waterloo | a village in Belgium where Duke Wellington prepared for battle. |
| Hundred Days | The defeat that ended napoleons last power. |
| Old Regime | The system of government governed by the three estates. |
| Estate | one of the three social classes in France. |
| Louis XVI | the King of France at the time of the revolution. |
| Marie Antoinette | the Queen of France at the time of the revolution. |
| Estates-General | a meeting of representatives from all three estates. |
| National Assembly | the government group composed of the third estate that made and passed laws in France. |
| Tennis Court Oath | the pledge where all the third estate delegates pledged to create a new constitution. |
| Great Fear | a wave of senseless panic that rolled through France where there were thousands of executings. |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | born in 1769, and joined the revolution as a lieutenant. |
| coup de'tat | A sudden sieze of power, means in French the blow to the state |
| plebiscite | A vote of the people, was called in order to make and approve a new constitution |
| lycee | Schools that the government ran and control so they say what is taught |
| concordat | An agreement with Pope Pius VII, this was a new relation between church and state. |
| Napoleonic Code | This was napoleon's comprehensive system of laws that is still used today |
| Battle of Trafalgar | Napoleon's only loss of a battle in his drive for Europe. |
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