dissenting groupsp of people competing to gain power
Marquis de Lafayette
the aristocratic "hero of two worlds" who fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution
Olympe de Gouges
a journalist, demanded equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
Marie Antoinette
daughter of Maria Theresa, brother of Joseph II, Austian born queen, lived a life of great pleasure and extravagance
Emigres
nobles, clergy, and others who fled France and its revolutionary forces
Sans-culottes
working-class men or women who made the French Revolution more radical; called such because he or she wore long trousers instead of fancy knee breeches that the upper class wore
republic
government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch
Jacobins
members of radical politicalvclub during the French Revolution