ABSOLUTE MONARCH King has unrestricted control over its

ABSOLUTE MONARCH � King has unrestricted control over it’s state

JACOBINS �a member of a democratic club established in Paris in 1789.

ENLIGHTENMENT �a European intellectual movement of the late 17 th and 18 th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.

LEGITIMACY � the lawfulness or authenticity of something

GREAT FEAR � was a general panic that occurred between 17 July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.

DIVINE RIGHT � The doctrine that kings and queens have a God-given right to rule

NAPOLEONIC CODE � The code forbade privileges based on birth and allowed freedom of religion,

REIGN OF TERROR �a period of remorseless bloodshed during the French Revolution

HUGUENOTS �a French Protestant of the 16 th– 17 th centuries

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY � the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution

BASTILLE � The medieval fortress and prison in Paris

ESTATE � Comprised of 3 tiers: clergy, nobility, and everyone else.

GUILLOTINE �a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

EDICT OF NANTES � the law granting religious and civil liberties to the French Protestants

TENNIS COURT OATH � dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the non privileged classes of the French nation

SOCIAL CONTRACT � an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits

SCORCHED EARTH POLICY �a military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources

ESTATES GENERAL � the legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm

PHILOSOPHE � the intellectuals of the 18 th-century Enlightenment.

CONTINENTAL SYSTEM � was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against Great Britain

INTENDENTS �a title given to a high-ranking official

PENINSULAR WAR � was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal

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