French Revolution Vocab

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Suspend a session or break off until another time

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Adjourn

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Prison and weapons fortress in France

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Bastille

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French middle class

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Bourgeois

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A sudden seizure of political power in a nation

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Coupe d'etat

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Social classes in France pre-Revolution: 1st - clergy, 2nd - nobility, 3rd - rest of population.

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Estates

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Assembly of representatives from all 3 estates in France

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Estates General

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Machine for beheading, used in the French Revolution.

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Guillotine

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French military and political leader prominent during the Revolution and subsequent wars.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Comprehensive legal system established in France by Napoleon

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Napoleonic Code

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French congress by 3rd estate on June 17, 1789 for laws and reforms.

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National Assembly