| A | B |
|---|
| first estate | clergy, paid no taxes, owned 10% of land |
| second estate | nobility, top jobs, paid no taxes |
| third estate | 98%; bourgeoisie (middle class) and everyone else; paid taxes |
| discontent of third estate (why they were upset) | taxes, privileges of other classes, enlightenment ideas |
| economic causes for the troubles of France | debt, poor harvests, failure of reform |
| Estates General | law making group of France |
| Tennis Court Oath | Third Estate (bourgeoisie) pledged to write a constitution |
| Bastille | an old prison; symbol of absolute royal power, beginning of French Revolution |
| Great Fear | the panic in French villages that occurs once the revolution begins, riots break out all over France |
| tricolor | new flag of revolutionary France (Red, White, & Blue) |
| National Assembly | name of government during phase 1 (moderate) |
| Declaration of Rights of Man | modeled on John Locke, protect natural rights; all male citizens equal |
| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | slogan of French Revolution |
| role of women | they led the bread riots and forced the King to return to Paris and address the starvation problem |
| Constitution of 1791 | set up a limited monarchy |
| sans-culottes | the radical group that pushed revolution; wanted no monarchy; they were made up of the working class men |
| Guillotine | the device used to "equalize" death during the revolution |
| King Louis XVI | the ruler of France at the start of the French Revolution |
| Napoleon | the man who takes over and declares himself emperor of France following the revolution |
