Review for Unit 5 Vocabulary Test

A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris.

Pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 to not stop meeting until a constitution was made.

The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government

Relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

A statement of the reasons for the American colonies’ break with Britain, approved by 2nd Continental Congress in 1776.

Relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s.

A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789.

One of three social classes in France before the French Revolution.

One of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.