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French Revolution — Key Terms

People, events, and ideas of the French Revolution

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Estates-General
French representative assembly called by Louis XVI in 1789
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Third Estate
Commoners comprising roughly 97% of France's population
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National Assembly
Body formed by Third Estate claiming sovereignty over France
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Tennis Court Oath
Pledge by National Assembly not to disband until a constitution was written
5
Storming the Bastille
July 14, 1789 attack on Paris prison symbolizing start of Revolution
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
1789 document asserting liberty, equality, and popular sovereignty
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Reign of Terror
1793–1794 period of mass executions under the Committee of Public Safety
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Robespierre
Jacobin leader who dominated Reign of Terror; later guillotined
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Guillotine
Execution device used to behead thousands during the Revolution
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Louis XVI
French king executed in 1793 during the Revolution
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Marie Antoinette
Austrian-born queen of France; executed in 1793
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Military general who rose from Revolution to become Emperor of France
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Jacobins
Radical political club advocating for republican government
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Girondins
Moderate republican faction opposed to Jacobins
15
Coup of 18 Brumaire
Napoleon's 1799 coup that ended the Directory and began his rule