Vocab Part Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
- Sans-Culottes
A
Parsian workers and small shopkeepers who wanted the revolution tobring even greater changes to france.
2
Q
- Lycees
A
Government-run public schools.
3
Q
- Coup d’etat
A
A sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
4
Q
- Guerrillas
A
Bands of Spanish peasant fighters
5
Q
- Concordat
A
An agreement
6
Q
- Continental system
A
The systen that prevented trade between Great Britan and continental europe pertending to destroy Great Britain’s economy
7
Q
- Estates
A
-General: An assenbly of representatives fromall three
estates.
8
Q
- Great Fear
A
A wave of senseless panic followed through france
9
Q
- Scorched earth policy
A
Burning grain feilds and slaughtering live stoch
10
Q
- National Assembly
A
Atrench congress establishes by representatives o the Third estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms
