French Revolution

2. Tax Direct taxes are directly paid by those on whom it is imposed.
4. levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce
5. fortified place
6. medieval fortress on the east side of Paris
8. Regime a system of government
10. citizens: a person who actively takes responsibility
16. person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts
17. Citizens: Passive citizens were citizens who were illiterate and had no knowledge about law and government
18. Assembly: the elected legislature in France
20. a traditional way of behaving or of doing something.
23. Tax a tax levied on goods and services rather than on income or profits.
24. or doing away with privilege,

1. General assembly comprising the clergy of the French nobles and the middle class.
3. the French national anthem, written in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle.
7. The revolutionary slogan fraternité is best translated as 'brotherhood'.
8. Second estates
9. power
11. is usually used to describe the society and institutions
12. man third estate
13. the freedom
14. country that has an elected government
15. Monarchy: system of government in which a monarch
19. of Estates : feudal system
21. Tax to be paid directly to the state
22. First estate