French Revolution

3. the first estate - people who ran both the Catholic church and some aspects of the country.
7. a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion.
9. the state prison in Paris that was attacked and taken by French revolutionists in 1789.
10. the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty, as vested especially in a monarch or dictator.
11. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
12. the middle class - during the French Revolution, these people were part of the third estate and fought to gain political power that traditionally belonged to the noble class.

1. the second estate - members of the royal family, except for the King
2. public intellectuals dedicated to solving the real problems of the world
4. having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair.
5. the lavish French palace that was the seat of the French Monarchy from Louis XIV until the French Revolution.
6. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
7. the divisions of society in feudal times
8. the levying of tax.