Question | Answer |
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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