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French Revolution: Key Terms and Figures

Learn about important terms and influential figures from the French Revolution, including blockade, bourgeois, nationalism, Napoleon, and more. Enhance your historical knowledge with this vocabulary guide.

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French Revolution: Key Terms and Figures

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  1. Chapter 19 Vocabulary Memorize these terms!

  2. blockade • military tactic through which ports are shut off to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

  3. bourgeoisie • The wealthiest members of the Third Estate

  4. émigré • A person who fled revolutionary France to live in another country

  5. nationalism • A feeling of pride in, and intense devotion to, one’s country

  6. sans-culottes • Radical working-class men and women

  7. Napoleon • French emperor who dominated Europe in the early 1800s

  8. Jacques Louis David • Leading painter during the French Revolution

  9. Maximilien Robespierre • Jacobin revolutionary who led the Reign of Terror

  10. Olympe de Gouges • French journalist who demanded equal rights for women

  11. Clemens von Metternich • Austrian prince who wanted to restore the status quo of 1792 at the Congress of Vienna

  12. abdicate • To give up power

  13. deficit spending • Spending more money than is taken in

  14. plebiscite • Ballot in which voters say yes or no to an issue

  15. suffrage • The right to vote

  16. Louis XVI • King of France in 1789

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