Chapter 7 Terms & Names Flashcards
Estates
Another word for the classes France was divided into under the old regime.
Old Regime
The social and political system of France where people were divided into three social classes
Louis XVI
King of France
Marie Antoinette
Queen of Louis XVI
Estates-General
A meeting of representatives of all three estates to approve Louis XVI’s new tax
National Assembly
French congress established by representatives of the third estate to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French People
Tennis Court Oath
Pledge taken by third estate delegates to stay in the indoor tennis court until a new constitution had been drawn up
Great Fear
A wave of senseless panic caused by rumors that nobles were out to get them
Legislative Assembly
New legislative body under the new constitutional monarchy in France.
Created laws and approved declaration of war
Émigrés
Nobles and others who had fled France that hoped to undo the revolution and restore the old regime
Sans-culottes
(Those without knee breeches)
People who wanted the revolution to bring even greater change to France
Jacobins
Radical political organization. Most revolutionists w
Jacobins
Radical political organization. Most revolutionists were a part if it.
Guillotine
Machine that beheads
Robespierre
A jacobin leader hat slowly gained power and virtually became a dictator