| A | B |
|---|
| bourgeoisie | the middle class; third estate |
| deficit spending | spending more money than you take in |
| Bastille | a symbol of the French Revolution; stormed to start the revolution |
| cahiers | notebooks; used to list estates' grievances |
| emigre | person who flees their country for political reasons |
| Legislative Assembly | former third estate; forms after the Estates-General meeting |
| faction | a small group |
| republic | a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Louis XVI | King of France during the revolution |
| Marie Antoinette | Queen of France during the revolution |
| plebiscite | ballot in which voters have a direct say in an issue |
| annex | to add a territory onto an existing state or country |
| legitimacy | principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the revolution or Napoleon were restored |
