3.6 quiz Flashcards
(14 cards)
ancient regime
old order
estates
social classes
bourgeoisie
middle class
Louis XIV
well-meaning undecisive king
Jacques Necker
a financial expert Louis XIV advisor
estates general
the legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates
cahiers
notebooks, listing their grievances, listing by the three classes
Tennis Court Oath
they swore never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require
Bastille
a grim medieval fortress
faction
group
Marquis de Lafayette
aristocrat hero of tow worlds
Olympe de Gouges
demanded equal rights in her declaration of the rights of woman
Marie Antoinette
daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria
deficit spending
this occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in