| A | B |
|---|
| Old Regime | governmental, economical, and social system remaining from the Middle Ages |
| Estates General | legislative body of France |
| First Estate | Catholic Church |
| Second Estate | nobles in France |
| Third Estate | 98% of the population |
| bourgeoisie | middle class of merchants and artisans |
| Louis XVI | king during the French Revolution |
| National Assembly | Third Estate's new legislature |
| Tennis Court Oath | an Oath stating that a new constitution for France be created |
| Bastille | symbolic prison stormed by Third Estate |
| Great Fear | a period of senseless panic |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | a statement of revolutionary ideals |
| "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | slogan for the Revolution |
| radical | opposed a monarchy wanted sweeping changes |
| moderate | wanted some changes in government |
| conservative | wanted few changes in government |
| guillotine | machine used during the Reign of Terror |
| Reign of Terror | Robespierre's killing rampage during the French Revolution |
| Robesepierre | radical leader of the Jacobins |
| Committee of Public Safety | tried "enemies" of the revolution |
