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  1. 4. The French national anthem
  2. 7. French revolutionary leader who was executed on July 28, 1794
  3. 9. Location of the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
  4. 10. French nobles who fled the country , living abroad and plotting against the Revolution
  5. 12. A member of the french political society that inaugurated the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
  6. 13. Site of the king's palace in France
  7. 14. French legislators who sat in the center of the meeting hall, those who wanted some reforms but not extreme or excessive
  8. 17. Month in which the French Revolution began
  9. 18. The French instrument for execution
  10. 20. River in northeastern France, flowing 480 miles to the English Channel
  11. 21. Antoinette French queen who was executed during the Revolution
  12. 22. The French middle class of society
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  1. 1. The red, white, and blue ribbon that the French revolutionaries adopted as their symbol
  2. 2. The capital of France
  3. 3. The five executives of the French government form October, 1795, to November,1799
  4. 5. French king who was executed during the Revolution
  5. 6. French legislators who sat on the right side of the meeting hall, those who opposed changes in government
  6. 8. French legislators who sat on the left side of the meeting hall, those who favored widespread changes in government
  7. 11. French fortress that served as a jail for political prisoners, destroyed in 1789 to mark the beginning of the French Revolution
  8. 15. of Terror The period of the French Revolution from May, 1793, to August, 1794, during which thousands were executed
  9. 16. Aristocratic commander who was killed during the storming of the Bastille to begin the French Revolution
  10. 19. Location of the French prison where the Revolution began in 1789