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first Estate
The clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
poor
People without possessions or wealth
second Estate
The nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
Monarchy
An autocracy governed by a ___ who usually inherits the authority
third Estate
The common people
Revolution
A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
liberty
Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
guillotine
Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles
Bread
Baked food made from flour, used for sandwiches
Montesquieu
French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial
estates general
Assembly of the ___ of all France
Voltaire
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment
Napoleon Bonaparte
French general who became emperor of the French
equality
The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
Louis XVI
King of France from 1774 to 1792
Marie Antoinette
Queen of France who was unpopular
Rousseau
French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland
clergy
In Christianity, ___ collectively
fraternity
People engaged in a particular occupation
Taxes
Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural)

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