A | B |
first estate | social class made up of the clergy & church officials |
second estate | social class made up of the aristocracy |
third estate | social class made up of peasants & bourgeiosie |
estates | social class |
fraternity | brotherhood |
liberty | freedom |
aristocracy | people whose families have been rich for generations |
republic | a form of gov't where people elect their representatives |
Napoleon | French general who came to power after the French Rev. |
Robespierre | leader during the Reign of Terror |
Reign of Terror | time period in France when 40,000 people were beheaded |
Bastille | French prison that was taken over b/c weapons stored there |
popular sovereignty | the power of the gov't comes from the people |
inflation | overall increase in prices |
tyranny | unjust use of power |