| A | B |
|---|
| Louis XVI | king of France during the Old Regime |
| Marie Antoinette | queen during the Old Regime |
| Robespierre | Jacobin leader who led Reign of Terror |
| Girondists | moderate liberals who wanted a limited monarchy |
| Jacobins | radicals who wanted a republic |
| bourgeoisie | upper third estate - lawyers, doctors, merchants |
| First Estate | clergy |
| Second Estate | nobility |
| Third Estate | largest social class - made up of many groups |
| sans-culottes | the poorest people of Paris |
| Estates General | French law making body which allowed one vote per estate |
| National Assembly | law making body which allowed a vote by head count |
| Tennis Court Oath | Third Estate representives protested for a fair voting system |
| National Convention | law making body after the king was beheaded |
| Committee of Public Safety | organized the Terror to defeat enemies of the revolution |
| Directory | 5 directors and two law making bodies |
| coup d'etat | military takeover |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French military leader who overthrew the Directory |
| storming of the Bastille | attack on the symbol of the king's power |
