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Bourgeoisie
The middle class of France -
Louis XVI
He was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being deposed and executed in 1793. -
Marie Antoinette
The wife of louis the XVI abd Queen on France -
Maximilien Robespierre
A French lawyer, politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. -
George Jacques Danton
A leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. -
Estates - General of 1789
A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate), the nobles (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate) -
The Old Regime
How France ran before the Revolution -
Fall of the Bastille
Hundreds of hungry people stormed the prison in search of gunpowder to save Paris and the National Assembly -
National Assembly
Is either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. -
The Jacobin Club
The most famous and influential political club in the development of the French Revolution -
Guillotine
Is a device designed for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. -
Paris Commune
During the French Revolution The Paris Commune was the government of Paris from 1789 until 1795. Established in the Hotel de Ville just after the storming of the Bastille. -
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
French political document. It was written by the commission during the period of the French Revolution. -
The Terror
A period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution -
Directory
A body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate
