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2. Middle class; include merchants, lawyers, &other professionals, not as wealthy as nobility, had more money & influence than common workers & peasants.
6. Division of government into three branches
7. Symbolized the monarchy’s extravagance and disconnect from the common peopl
9. The supreme authority in a democracy
11. Enlightenment thinker advocating government division
15. Third Estate vowed not to disband until they created a new constitution, marked the first major act of defiance against King Louis XVI
16. The ruling monarch who agreed to convene the Estates General
17. System ensuring no branch becomes too powerful
18. The class that included clergy members
20. Shared power between national and state governments
22. Document that guarantees individual freedoms
23. Meeting to create a new government in 1787
24. A meeting of representatives from all three social classes

1. Leader of the Jacobins
3. French nobleman who assisted the colonists
4. It marked the shift from an absolute monarchy to a system where power was held by elected representatives
5. "Libery, Equality, __" is the motto of the French Revolution
8. French motive for allying with colonists
10. Groups that selected representatives to participate in the assembly
12. Made up of the Third Estate after they were locked out of the Estates General
13. Radical political group, advocated for democracy, the execution of King Louis XVI, &extreme political change
14. The class that included nobles
19. Polish volunteer who helped the colonists
21. A fortress and prison in Paris, was a symbol of the monarchy's tyranny