French Revolution

1. Any form of government in which the supreme powers of the state are exercised.
4. An internal, political uprising that attempts to establish a new political order
5. A person of the lower class who works as a landlower or agriculture laborer
7. A french royal house descended from Louis ix in the 14th century that became firmly established only in the 17th century
9. A form of government in which sovereign power resides in the electorate
10. the banishment by order of authorities from ones country or home
15. describes the equilibrium of social, political, and economic strength that is sufficient enough to discourage and prevent one nation or group
16. government from the people, of one person, one vote rather than the rule of a single individual
17. A medieval fortress in paris
18. A governing body or class consisting of a hereditary nobility
19. A general term denoting various forms of compulsory military service
20. A collection of laws and principles under which a government or other organization operates

2. largely symbolic with the real power resting in an elected legislature or parliament
3. was made up of the nobility, who owned 30% of the land but were a fraction of the population
6. the current state of affairs
8. were the interests of the entire nation
11. who paid no taxes yet owned a substantial percentage of the land
12. A pledge on June 20, 1789 by representatives of Frances third estates to remain steadfast until France was allowed a written constitution
13. A sudden change in government perpetrated
14. someone in an official capacity uses his or her position illegally to gain an advantage personally or for someone else