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| Old Regime | the political & social terms that existed in France prior to the French Revolution |
| estate - General | an assembly of representatives from all three estates, or social classes in France. |
| Louis XVI | well intentioned but inadequete leader of France |
| Marie Antoinette | Queen to Louis XVI, disliked by the French people |
| estates | a social class in France before the French Revolution |
| first estate | consist of the clergy |
| second estate | consist of the nobility |
| third estate | the rest of the population |
| National Assembly | established to enact laws and reforms in the of the French people. |
| Tennis Court Oath | a pledge made by the members of the French National assembly - vowed to meet until a ne constitution was drawn up |
| Great Fear | a wave of sensless fear that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille |
| Bastille | a Paris prison, symbol of revolution |
| Legislative Assembly | congress established to create laws and approve & reject declerations of war |
| emigre | a person who leaves their native country do to political reasons |
| sans-culotte | a radical group of Parisian wageearners and shopkeepers who wanted a greater say in government |
| guillotine | a machine used to behead people during the French Revolution |
| coup d'etat | blow to the state - sudden seizure of state |
| lycee | government run schools |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | military general and emperor of France |
| Napoleonic Code | comprehension system of laws |
| plebiscite | vote of the people |
| Jacobin | members of a prominent radical political group |
