The French Revolution

Unit Vocab

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Human Rights

Basic rights given to all people

American Patriots

People who favored independence from Great Britan

Tyranny

Unjust use of power

Estates

Social classes

Aristocracy

Nobles

Bourgeoisie

Middle Class

National Assembly

A government consisting of delegates from the third estate

Declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen

A contract that states government got its power from the people

Radicals

people that favor quick and far reaching changes

Reighn of Terror

A period of time where 40 thousand people died