| A | B |
|---|
| Louis XVI | King of France who was beheaded |
| The Committee of Public Safety | Instituted the "terror" in which many innocent victims were sent to the guillotine for plotting against the government |
| Danton | Leader of the French Rev. - condemned by the Committee of Public Safety |
| Marie Antoinette | Queen of France - hated due to her Austrian heritage and lavish spending |
| three estates | three classes of France |
| first estate | nobility |
| second estate | clergy |
| third estate | peasants, and middle class |
| bourgeoisie | members of the middle class |
| privilege | exemption from taxes enjoyed by first and second estate |
| Les Marseilles | the French National anthem written during the French Revolution |
| The Bastille | A prison that was liberated - a symbol of the end of the old regime |
| Old Regime | the old order of government - the King as the head |
| Sans Cullotes | radical group that dressed as peasants |
| Napoleon | declared himself emperor of France |
| Congress of Vienna | attempted to redraw the map after Napoleon's defeat |
| Lord Castlereagh | English representative at the Congress of Vienna |
| Charles de Tallyrand | French representative at The Congress of Vienna |
| Alexander I | Russian Representative at the Congress of Vienna |
| Holy Alliance | Agreement among countries at the Congress of Vienna to put down rebellions with military force |
| Tennis court Oath | An oath taken on the Tennis court of Versailles after the King locked the third estate out of their meeting chamber. They vowed not to go home until they had a written constitution |
