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 |