| A | B |
|---|
| Louis XVI | French King at beginning of French Revolution |
| Marie Antoinette | Austrian princess who became queen of France |
| Estates-General | An assembly of representatives from all three estates |
| estate | a social class in France before the Revolution |
| National Assembly | A congress of representatives of the Third Estate to reform government |
| Tennis Court Oath | A pledge by the National Assembly to write a constitution |
| Great Fear | A wave of panic and violence that spread across France when peasants rioted against the nobles |
| Day of Bastille | The storming of the prison in Paris that marks the beginning of the Revolution and Independence Day in France |
| Feudalism | A medieval political and economic system based on land grants from the king |
| Old Regime | The old system of three estates before the Revolution |
