| A | B |
|---|
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | Statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by the National Assembly |
| Legislative Assembly | National Assembly gave power to this body upon the approval of the Consititution |
| Émigrés | Nobles and others who had fled France during peasant uprisings |
| Sans-culottes | Radical group which represented wage-earners and shopkeepers |
| Guillotine | Machine used to behead people as a form of capital punishment |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror |
| Committee of Public Safety | Tried to wipe out every trace of royalty and decided who the public's enemies were |
| Reign of Terror | Period of Robespierre's dictatorship when he executed anyone who challenged him |
| Radicals | Sat on left in the Legislative Assembly |
| Moderates | Sat in the center of the Legislative Assembly |
| Conservatives | Sat on the right in the Legislative Assembly |
| Radical ideas were: | opposed the monarchy, wanted commoners to have all governmental power |
| Moderate ideas were: | Wanted some reforms in the government but not change the whole thing |
| Conservative ideas were: | Wanted a limited monarchy and a few other changes in the government |
