French Revolution

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  1. 5. Fortress and prison in Paris
  2. 6. Practice of a government spending more money than it collects in revenue.
  3. 7. Notebooks or lists of grievances drawn up by the French people in 1789.
  4. 8. Government body during the French Revolution, responsible for protecting the republic from internal and external threats and overseeing the Reign of Terror.
  5. 10. Political group in the French Revolution known for supporting a constitutional government.
  6. 12. Social class that owns the means of production and controls wealth.
  7. 13. Period during the French Revolution (1793–1794) marked by mass executions of perceived enemies of the revolution.
  8. 14. French governing body from 1791 to 1792 created to make laws and limit the king’s power during the Revolution.
  9. 15. Working-class revolutionaries in France during the French Revolution.
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  1. 1. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution of 1789.
  2. 2. Device used during the French Revolution, to execute people by beheading.
  3. 3. 1789 pledge by France's Third Estate to keep meeting until they created a new constitution.
  4. 4. Meeting of France’s three social classes called by the king to solve financial issues.
  5. 9. King of France.
  6. 11. Key leader during the French Revolution known for his role in the Reign of Terror.