French revolution

4. political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution of 1789.
6. Right wing; upheld the idea of a limited monarchy. They wanted fewer changes in the government.
7. centrists; they wanted some changes in the government, but not as many as the radicals.
10. body or upper class usually made up of hereditary nobility.
11. the middle class in a society.
12. Those who wished to see significant, far-reaching changes in the political and social system of France.
13. Lists of grievances written by the people. They asked for only moderate changes.

1. document that broke ties with Catholic Church. It established a national church system in France. It turned many Catholics against the Revolution.
2. post–Reign of Terror period ushered in by the execution of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794 and the reassertion of moderate power over the French Revolution.
3. a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power.
5. a government in which power is vested in a minority;
8. a legislative body; the gathering of a political or social group.
9. Nobles and others who fled France during the peasant uprisings.