Chapter 23 Section 1 Flashcards
(8 cards)
Old regime
System of feudalism
Estate
Social class of people
Louis XVI
Weak king who came to French throne in 1774
Marie Antoinette
Unpopular queen; wife of Luis XVI
Estates-general
Assembly of representatives from all three estates
National Assembly
French congress established by representatives of the third estate
Tennis court oath
Promise made by third estate representatives to draw up a new constitution
Great fear
Wave of panic