A | B |
Old Regime | system of feudalism left over from the Middle Ages |
estates | social classes of France |
Louis XVI | weak and extravagant ruler of France |
Estates-General | an assembly of represenatives from all 3 estates |
Marie Antoinette | member of royal family of Austria; Louis XVI's wife |
National Assembly | another name for the Third Estate delegates |
Tennis Court Oath | A promise by the Third Estate to draw up a new consitution |
Great Fear | A wave of panic that rolled through France. Louis & Marie left Versailles |
Bastille | a Paris prison |
First Estate | clergy members of the Catholic Church |
Second Estate | made up of rich nobles |
Third Estate | the bougeoisie-merchants and artisans; the largest esate |