French Revolution Flashcards

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Three estates

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France was divided into three estates
1- clergy
2-nobility
3-commoners

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Enlightenment

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A period in history that was characterised by dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics.

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Commoners

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People who ever part of the neither the nobility or clergy

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Feudal dues

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Taxe

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Estates general

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Representative assembly of the three estates

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National assembly

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A revolutionary assembly formed by the of the Third estate

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Liberty

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Being free within society

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Equality

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Being equal

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Fraternity

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Mutual support within a group

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Jacobins

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A member of the jacobin club

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National convention

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A single chamber assembly in France

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Guillotine

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A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people

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Sans-culottes

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The common people below third class in late 18th century France

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