| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Enlightenment | Age of reason when thinkers called for the use of reason to analyze and improve society. |
| Coup d' etat | Quick seizure of power. |
| First Estate | Clergy |
| Second estate | Nobility |
| Third Estate | Peasants, city workers, bourgeoisie |
| Bourgeoisie | Middle Class |
| Estates General | Lawmaking group which included the First and Second Estate, and then the Third Estate |
| Animist | A person who attaches souls or spirits to natural objects. |
| Napoleonic Code | A unified set of laws spread throughout the Empire. |
| Tithe | French tax |
| Directory | The new government set up by the revolutionary leaders in France. |
| Congress of Vienna | A meeting of European leaders which returned conservatives to power after the fall of Napoleon. |
| Reign of Terror | A period (1793-1794) when brutal measures were taken to eliminate enemies and critics of the revolutionary republic set up in France. |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | French constitution patterned after the United States Constitution. |
| Bastille | Louis XVI's royal prison which was attacked on July 14, 1789. |
| Guerilla | Sabotage and harassment of occupying forces. Means "little war" in Spanish. |
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