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22 Cards in this Set
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Old Regime |
Social and political system of France |
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1st Estate |
Church |
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2nd Estate |
Nobles |
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3rd Estate |
Bourgeoisie |
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Louis XVI |
King of France |
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Marie Antoinette |
Wife of Louis and daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria. |
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What did Louis XVI do? |
Summoned the Estate General to examine the French financial crisis |
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What did Marie Antoinette become? |
A symbol of the decadent aristocracy for the revolutionary masses. |
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Estate General |
An assembly of representatives from all 3 estates to approve new taxes |
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Bourgeoisie |
The 3rd Estate |
Middle class |
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National Assembly |
Passed Declaration of the Rights of Man |
French Revolutionary Assembly |
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The Great Fear |
A wave of senseless panic |
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How did the Great Fear started? |
Rumor circulated that the Nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize the Peasants |
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Legislative Assembly |
French Congress with the power to create laws |
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What did Legislative Assembly do? |
Approved declaration of the war |
Established by the Constitution of 1791 |
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Jacobin |
Radical political organization |
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Guillotine |
Machine for beheading people |
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Jean-Paul Marat |
One of the most prominent member of the Jacobin |
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Georges Danton |
A lawyer, Jacobin club's most talented and passionate speaker |
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Maximilien Robespierre |
Jacobin leader |
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What did Maximilien Robespierre do? |
Wipe out every trace of France's past monarchy and nobility |
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Reign of Terror |
Robespierre governs France virtually as a dictator |
Period of his rule |
