HIST 1020 Lecture 7: test 1 study guide
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You should be familiar with these terms and be able to discuss them and their historical significance. Please be advised that this list is only a guide and is not considered exhaustive. You should study all of your notes any material covered in class is fair game for the exam. Estates-general- meeting of the three estates; a general assembly to discuss changing taxes during the financial crisis in france. Great fear- a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of a(cid:374) (cid:862)a(cid:396)isto(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)spi(cid:396)a(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:455) the ki(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d the p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ileged to o(cid:448)e(cid:396)th(cid:396)o(cid:449) the thi(cid:396)d estate. Bourgeoisie- middle class (not nobles, but not workers like the sans-culottes) i. e. lawyers, doctors, merchants, etc. Tennis court oath- created the national assembly, swore that they would stop until there was a new constitution for france. National assembly- revolutionary assembly formed by the members of the third estate of the estates general.