History - French Revolution. Can somebody help me figure out what these words mean??

Question

I need a description of these words from the French Revolution period.

The words include:

-Cahiers

-Intendants

-Ancien Regime

-Estates

-Parlement

-Absolutism

Ten points for best answer of course.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

First guy is close, but not quite right on a few of them

- Cahiers - Written petitions of grievances

- Intendants - Royal Civil Servants (Bureaucrats)

- Ancien Régime - The old, feudal regime of France before the Revolution.

- Estates - the three social classes of France before the Revolution (the Clergy, the Nobility, and the Commons)

- Parlement - the King's Council or Cabinet

- Absolutism - Absolute Monarchy (complete control of government by the Crown)

Hope this helps,

Peace!

Answer 2

Cahiers  - noteboks?

Intendants - attendants?

Ancien regime - the old regime, the aristocracy

Estates - the parliament

Parlement - like a cabinet or council

Absolutism - non democratic rule

Answer 3

Everything that ????? said is correct.

Answer 4

Cahiers, cahiers de doléances

Statements of grievances presented to the Estates General by the Deputies in 1789.

Intendant

Chief local representative of the crown administering a généralité which was either a province or a part of a province. Beginning in the 1640s, they oversaw all aspects of royal authority. There were thirty-four in 1789, many of whom were active reformers. Their power was undermined in 1787, paving the way for the provincial unrest and uprisings of 1789.

Ancien Régime

The social and political structure of France, as it existed from the late 16th century until the French Revolution, typified by a hierarchical society and a dynastic state, where traditional orders and privileges were strongly upheld.

Estates-General

An assembly representing the provinces of the French monarchy, established in medieval times. It comprised of three groups, the First Estate (clergy), the Second Estate (nobility) and the Third Estate (commoners). It had not been called since 1614, but was recalled in 1789.

Parlement

The Paris Parlement was the most important of a number of Parlements which had both juridical and political functions. They had become a focus of opposition to the king, and were abolished briefly in 1771 until restored by Louis XVI in 1774, and were finally abolished in 1790.

Absolutism

Absolute monarchy, a form of government where the monarch has the power to rule their land freely, with no laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolutism