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French Revolution- Xander Tucker

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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French Revolution

By: Xander Tucker
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Estates : the three orders of the realm- the clergy, nobility, and the privilged minorities

Revolution: a forceable overthrow of the government or social order in favor of a new system

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Nobility: the group of people belonging to the noble class

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Clergy: the body of all people ordained for all religious duties, especially in the Christian Church

Peasants: poor farmers of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land to live on

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National Assembly: a revolutionary assembly formed by the Third estate

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen: a fundamental document in the French Revolution and in the history of human rights

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Reign of Terror: a period of violence that took place after the French Revolution

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

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Bastille: when a prison on the east side of Paris was attacked by an angry mob