French Revolution Key Words

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Day of popular action linked to political change
Journee
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Unpaid Labour Service
Corvee
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Writers and thinkers of the French Enlightenment
Philosophes
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The French system of government pre-1789
ancien regime
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Tax on salt pre-1790
Gabelle
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People who fled France during the revolution
emigres
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The system of assuming a position through talent
Meritocracy
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Payment to the Pope from France
Annate
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High courts of appeal where edicts were registered
Parlements
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A system where jobs could be bought or transferred to descendants
Venality
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Skilled worker or craftsman
Artisan
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Member of the radical movement which instigated the Terror
Jacobins
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The leader of the Jacobins
Robespierre
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Writers and thinkers of the French Enlightenment

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The French system of government pre-1789

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Tax on salt pre-1790

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