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| Declaration of the Rights of Man | guaranteed rights such as liberty and property--Written by Robespierre |
| Legislative Assembly | replaced National Assembly; ltook away most ofkings power |
| bourgeous | the rising rising middle class, and member of the 3rd Estate, who were creating wealth rather than inheriting it |
| Sans-culottes | radical group of Parisian wage-earners who wanted a greater voice in gov't. |
| guillotine | machine for beheading people |
| Maximilien Robespierre | revolutionary leader who tried to wipe out every trace of France's past monarchy and nobility |
| Committee of Public Safety | led by Robespierre; enemies of the republic were executed |
| Reign of Terror | the period of Robespierre's rule; period of killing and unrest |
| Bastille | much hated French prison |
| Old Regime | feudal system of France in use since the Middle Ages |
| National Assembly | representative body created by Third Estate in revolutionary France |
| Legislative Assembly | government body that replaced the National Assembly |
| Estates-General | Representative body of pre-revolution France |
| Devine Right of Kings | the idea that sovergnty comes from God and is given to the king, an enlightened, all powerful ruler, who is the ultimate image of god |
| Absolutism | Hobbes' philosophy that since man is a selfish brute said the a king is essential to controling society |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation. |
