Lesson 1 French Revolution
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Revolution | A change or overthrow of a goverenment or a social system |
| Divine right | belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. |
| Absolute Monarchy | a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited (32) |
| Aristocracy | the most powerful members of a society |
| Estates | Three large social classes |
| Louis XVI | king of France from 1774 to 1792 |
| Marie Antoinette | queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular |
| Peasants | a commoner |
| Estates General | assembly of the estates of all France |
| Versailles | a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles |
| Paris | the capital and largest city of France |
| Bastille | a jail (literally, a French jail) |
| Declaraton of the Rights of Man and of the citizen | A statment issued by the French National Assembly |
| Robesipierre | 1758-1794 frech revolinary he sent supectedf traiors to the guilotone during the regin of terror from 1793 until his own deathe by the guilotone in 1794 |
| Reign of terror | the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed |
| Guillotine | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles |
| French Republic | a republic in western Europe |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) |
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