French Revolution Flashcards
Three estates
France was divided into three estates
1- clergy
2-nobility
3-commoners
Enlightenment
A period in history that was characterised by dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics.
Commoners
People who ever part of the neither the nobility or clergy
Feudal dues
Taxe
Estates general
Representative assembly of the three estates
National assembly
A revolutionary assembly formed by the of the Third estate
Liberty
Being free within society
Equality
Being equal
Fraternity
Mutual support within a group
Jacobins
A member of the jacobin club
National convention
A single chamber assembly in France
Guillotine
A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people
Sans-culottes
The common people below third class in late 18th century France