The French Revolution Flashcards
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Revolution
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A rapid and significant change in society, politics, technological and economy
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Absolute monarch
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A king or queen who has total power over a country and claims a divine (god-given( right to rule
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The enlightenment
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A movement of eighteenth-century thinkers who valued reason and science above faith or authority as a basis for society
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The estates general
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I kind of French parliament made up of three parts each representing one of the three estates
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Sans-culottes
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The revolutionary mob in Paris
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Republic
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A type of government without a king where the people select the head of state
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Democracy
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Rule by the people form of government where people decide how the country is run and who will represent
