French Revolution
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- 5. The ________ Estate was made up of noblemen and aristocrats, who paid almost no taxes
- 6. One of the two leaders of the radicals and an influential newspaper writer; murdered in the bathtub
- 7. The fortified prison and arsenal that was stormed by an angry mob of Parisians
- 10. The moderate faction of the French Revolution who wanted a constitutional monarchy
- 11. The First Estate was composed of ______, or members of the Catholic Church
- 12. Napoleon _______ was a French general who became dictator and later emperor
- 13. The leader of the moderates & a former businessman; he opposed the Terror & was executed by the radicals
- 14. This Caribbean nation won its independence from France after a brutal uprising to free the enslaved population
- 16. the French King kept his primary residence at the palace of _______
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- 1. King _____ XVI was the last ruler of pre-Revolution France
- 2. One of the two leaders of the radicals; chief architect of the Reign of Terror
- 3. During the Reign of Terror, most executions were carried out via ____________
- 4. The slogan of Revolutionary France was "Liberty, _______, Brotherhood"
- 8. The radical faction, also known as Jacobins, who wanted to abolish the monarchy in favor of a republic
- 9. These wealthy individuals - lawyers, merchants, bankers, etc - were the upper ranks of the Third Estate, and played a major role in the Revolution
- 15. The _____ Estate, which included 98% of France's population, paid nearly all the taxes, but had no political power