Unit 2 French Revolution

The social classes in France

• reform

• Estates

• Reign

• censor

A government in which the king or queen has absolute power

• Estates General

• reform

• absolute monarchy

• tyrannical

To change for the better

• reform

• tithe

• reign

• estates

exercising power in a cruel way

• regime

• absolute monarchy

• tyrannical

• reign

To rule

• reign

• estates

• tyrannical

• estates general

a member of the middle class

• bourgeois

• tithe

• reign

• reform

a government in power

• estates

• tyrannical

• reign

• regime

An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in France.

• regime

• Estates

• Estates General

• Absolute Monarchy

The overthrow of the government by the citizens

• Revolution

• Fraternity

• Equality

• Liberty

a group of people sharing a common interest or profession

• Revolution

• Fraternity

• Equality

• Liberty