The French Revolution Study Choice Board
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- 2. What were Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette tried for after they tried to flee the country?
- 7. What was stormed when the residents of Paris got nervous and wanted to acquire weapons?
- 11. This was one of the three main classes that made up the third estate which supported the Enlightenment.
- 12. This group of men and women made the French Revolution more radical.
- 13. This group of people comprised the second estate which paid no taxes and had mixed feelings about the Enlightenment.
- 15. This is what comprised the third estate which paid little taxes and was against taxing the second estate.
- 19. This group of ideas was acted upon by the third estate which set the French Revolution into motion.
- 21. What court was used to take an oath that ensured the national assembly would meet anywhere to get a new constitution?
- 22. This was a meeting of the three estates to discuss political issues and each estate had one vote.
- 25. What is a person who flees their country due to political reasons called?
- 27. The middle class and was part of the third estate and paid higher taxes.
- 28. Who promoted Freedom of speech, press, and religion?
- 29. This kind of government ended the French monarchy with the creation of the national assembly.
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- 1. What were members of a revolutionary political club made during the French Revolution called?
- 3. This Louis was a weak king who reigned from 1774 to 1792.
- 4. What riot marched to Versailles and forced the king back to Paris over the rising cost of bread?
- 5. This happens when a government spends more money than it takes in. ______ Spending
- 6. What did the third estate want that was another cornerstone in the social issues of the French Revolution?
- 8. After King Louis's failed escape attempt in June 1971 he was called this.
- 9. This man led during the Reign of Terror.
- 10. What item's rising cost was a cornerstone in the causation of the French Revolution?
- 14. This man promoted life, liberty, and property, a similar phrase to the one put on the Declaration of the Rights of Man that was life, liberty, and security. John _____
- 16. percent of people killed during the Reign of Terror were part of what is originally the third estate.
- 17. What is the word the French used to mean social class?
- 18. The group of people after the split in the legislative assembly.
- 20. these types of issues cause social unrest and resulted from years of deficit spending examples of this were the 7yrs War and the American Civil War.
- 23. What bladed execution device used during the French Revolution up to 1977 features an angled blade and a clamp to hold the head in place that was thought to be more humane than the typical axe or sword method.
- 24. This system of government has officials selected by the people.
- 26. This was when panic spread through France because rumors spread causing people to act like criminals. Great _____