The Reign of Terror

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  1. 2. He was the last king of France before it changed from a monarchy to a First Republic. He favored his hobbies more than the well being of his country. When the revolution was ending he got his head cut off by a guillotine.
  2. 5. The last Queen of France before it changed from a monarchy to a First Republic. She did not like her husband and had many affairs. She was a clueless queen who said but didn't say "Let them eat cake." Just like her husband she got her head cut off by a guillotine.
  3. 9. a document from the French Revolution talking about human civil rights
  4. 12. a person who has left their country to go live in another. Usually left for political reasons
  5. 14. A leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution. He was the first president of the committee of public safety
  6. 16. This machine has a blade that is vertical and designed to execute people by cutting off their head. It was invented during the French Revolution.
  7. 18. being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views
  8. 19. A period of time were there was a lot of violence and many public executions by the guillotine
  9. 20. A fortress that held 7 innocent people and most of the gunpowder was raided in a battle. It was intended to happen because the people were upset that there were so many guards patrolling the city. They were afraid for there safety so they took there amo and freed people
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  1. 1. a French lawyer and statesman and was one of the best-known and most influential people during the French Revolution
  2. 3. a series of military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 which resulted from the French Revolution
  3. 4. It was the legislature of France during the Revolution. It provided a place to focus when political debating and revolutionary law-making between the National Assembly and Convention
  4. 6. This land was seized by the National Constitution Assembly. They decided to sell them as assignats.
  5. 7. They are the common people of the lower classes. Many became radicals and militant partisans of the French Revolution
  6. 8. a revolutionary slogan that is translated as brotherhood. It suggests that the nation's citizens were bound together by solitude
  7. 10. This is what the 3rd estate got named after a long argument which lead to the tennis court oath. This group was all of the Estates combined into one to show they are all equal. It was the start of the revolution.
  8. 11. a political group during the French Revolution. They wanted freedom and equality
  9. 13. The French Revolution government which lasted four years. They stopped the mass executions of the Reign of Terror
  10. 15. being equal especially in status, rights, and opportunities
  11. 17. People who plotted the downfall of the king and the rise of the French Republic