| A | B |
|---|
| guillotine | a device used to execute people |
| abdicate | to give up power |
| exile | to be sent away from your home permanently |
| coup d'etat | a quick takeover of the government |
| estate | A social class in France |
| peasant | poor farmer |
| aristocracy | A person from an important family who is usually wealthy from land ownership |
| clergy | church official |
| bourgeoisie | A person who is neither rich nor poor |
| economic change brought by French Revolution | unfair taxes ended |
| social change brought by French Revolution | estate system ended |
| political change brought by French Revolution | a new constitution was written |
| Robespierre | leader of the committee of Public Safety |
| Napoleon's coup d'etat | event that ended the French Revolution |
