ancient regime
an old order; system of government in pre-Revolution France
estates
social class
bourgeoisie
the middle class
deficit spending
situation in which a government spends more money than it takes in
Louis XVI
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Jacques Necker
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Estates-General
legislative body made up of representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France
cashier
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Tennis Court Oath
famous oath made on a tennis court by member of the Third Estate in France
Bastille
fortress in Paris used as a prison
faction
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Olympe de Gourges
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Marie Antoinette
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emigre
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sans-cullote
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republican
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Jacobins
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suffrage
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Robespierre
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Reign of Terror
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guillotine
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Napoleon
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nationalism
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Marseilles
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plebiscite
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Napoleonic Code
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annex
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Continental System
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guerrilla warfare
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scorched-earth policy
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abdicate
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Congress of Vienna
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legitimacy
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Concert of Europe
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