The French Revolution

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  1. 4. Wrote an influential pamplet called ' What is the third estate ?'
  2. 7. This group was composed of the burgoise, artisans and workers and peasant.
  3. 10. The main occupation of the people of France
  4. 11. An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood were endangered.
  5. 12. revolutionary song that became the French national anthem
  6. 13. this term refers to the pre-revolutionary government and society of France.
  7. 14. author of spirit of laws who taught of the need for three seperate branches of Government (executive, ;egislative and judicial)
  8. 15. - Was the leader of the jacobins club
  9. 17. An executive made up of five members.
  10. 18. Those who were without knee breeches and who wore red caps to symbolise liberty.
  11. 19. French ports through which slave trade was held.
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  1. 1. composed of high ranking clergy.
  2. 2. A luxurious royal palace located just outside Paris
  3. 3. This governmental body ruled France from 1791 to 1792 as a limited monarchy-
  4. 5. - A tax paid by the third estate directly to the state.
  5. 6. A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded.
  6. 8. A tax levied by the church comprising atleast one-tenth of the agricultural produce by the farmers.
  7. 9. Author of the social contract who advocated that governments rightfully rule only through the will of the people.
  8. 11. Idea that a monarch rules through the might and will of God
  9. 16. The _______________ rights of man and citizen was a document that proclaimed 'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity' and that described the basic human rights.