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| factions | These are small groups who compete for power. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | This aristocratic hero who headed the National Guard in response to the arrive of royal troops in Paris. |
| tricolor | The red, white, and blue badge, which was eventually adopted as the national flag of France. |
| Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen | This document was modeled in part on our American Declaration of Independence and said all men were "born and remain free and equal in rights". |
| "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | The slogan of the French Revolution |
| Civil Constitution of the Clergy | Issued in 1790. This stated that bishops and priests become elected, salaried officials. |
| Constitution of 1791 | This set up a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy in France. The reforms instituted by the National Assembly in this document were considered moderate changes. |
| emigres | The nobles, clergy, and others who fled France to escape the revolutionary forces. |
| republic | A government ruled not by a monarch, but by elected officials, such as France has just become thanks to the Revolution. |
| Jacobins | These radicals of the revolution desired more extreme measures be taken against the monarchy, church, and nobles. |
| Catholic Church | The enemy of the Revoulution. |
