French Revolution Vocabulary

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Ideas about fair treatment for everyone

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enlightenment

Front

Use intelligence and what you know to make a decision

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reason

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Classes of people: poor - middle - rich

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estates

Front

Priest

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clergy

Front

violence to get your way

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riots

Front

the name of a prison

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Bastille

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killed

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executed

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people fighting

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opponents

Front

fighting against each other

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competed

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to give up your job or your kingdom

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resign