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Estate
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One of three distinct social classes in France during the 1700s: clergy, nobility, and commoners.
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Tithe
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A 10 percent tax on income, paid to the clergy
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Bourgeoisie
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The middle class, between aristocrats and workers
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Louis XVI
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King of France from 1774 to 1791, called together the Estate-General to press taxes on the Second and First Estates. Was executed in January 1793.
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Marie Antoinette
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Wife of Louis XVI, involved in the Diamond Necklace Crisis. Executed in October 1793.
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Versailles
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The castle for the royal family in the countryside.
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Paris
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Capital of France
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Bastille
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French prison; commoner revolt, freed 7 prisoners and 98 commoners were killed.
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Estates General
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Group of delegates that meet to make new laws and taxes for the estates.
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National Assembly
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The Third Estate and delegates from the first and second. Met to make laws and new policies.
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Tennis Court Oath
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A promise that the Nation Assembly would not disband until a constitution for France had been written.
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The Great Fear
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A wvae of violence throughout France, brought on by the rumors of nobles hiring robbers and theives to kill peasants.
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Unicameral legislature
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Assembly or lawmaking body with one house
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émigrés
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Person who fled France during the Revolution
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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Incorportated ideas frm Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau (Englightenment writers); garunteed freedom of press, speech, and religion, as well as protection from unfair arrest and punishment. Made divorce easier.
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