| A | B |
|---|
| estates | French social classes |
| bourgeoisie | city-dwelling middle class |
| july 14, 1789 | fall of the Bastille |
| bastille | jail for political prisoners |
| old regime | monarchy and feudalism |
| estates-general | law-making body |
| Marie Antoinette | King Louis XVI's wife |
| National Assembly | passed laws and reforms for French people |
| Great Fear | wave of panic |
| guillotine | machine used for beheading |
| declaration of rights of man | document espousing liberty and human rights |
| legislative assembly | elective group that succeeded the National Assembly |
| jacobin | radical political club |
| Robspierre | leader who brought the Reign of Terror |
| Reign of Terror | period of time where many were arrested and killed if they supported the monarchy |
| Directory | executive body of five men |
| Napoleon | military genius, emperor of France |
| Napoleonic Code | code of laws |
| First Estate | archbishops, bishops and abbots |
| Second Estate | Nobles |
| Third Estate | bourgeoisie,urban lower classes, peasants |
