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| The political and social system that existed in France before the Revolution of 1789 |
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| A major social class, such as the clergy, the nobility, or the commons, formerly possessing distinct political rights. |
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| Louis XVI was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, after which he was subsequently King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution |
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| Marie Antoinette, born an archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa |
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| assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789. |
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| 2.The elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789–91. |
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| The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789 |
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| four largest international professional services networks in accountancy and professional services, offering audit, assurance, tax, consulting, advisory, actuarial, corporate finance and legal services |
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| persons who make or amend or repeal laws. |
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| a person who is forced to leave a country for political reasons |
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| was a term created 1790 - 1792 by the French to describe the poorer members of the Third Estate |
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| a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution |
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| A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. |
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| Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer, politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution |
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| A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular (Reign of Terror), the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. |
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