| A | B |
| Ancient Regime | old order |
| Estates | social class |
| Deficit Spending | government spends more money than it takes in |
| Cahiers | notebooks listing grievances |
| The Tennis Court Oath | never quit until things were better |
| The Bastille | medieval fortress used as a prison |
| The Great Fear | rumors |
| Tricolor | red, white and blue badge |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | All men were born & remain free & equal in rights |
| Constitution of 1791 | set up a limited monarchy |
| Emigres | nobles, clergy, & others who fled France |
| Sans-Culottes | working class men & women |
| Jacobins | revolutionary political club |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |