French Revolution

3. resulting from rumors that nobles were attacking villages and towns, government troops were seizing peasant crops and attempting to reimpose medieval dues
5. shrewd lawyer and politician who quickly rose to leadership of the the Committee of public safety and led the Terror
8. the state that French nobility and royalty make up
11. the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution
12. everyone in France was divided into three social classes in this old order
13. Symbol of French feudal autocracy, stormed by Paris citizens at July 14, 1789
16. voted to end feudalism by abolishing their own privileges including feudal dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status, and exemption from taxes
18. first constitution of France, set up a limited monarchy with a new Legislative Assembly to make laws, collect taxes, and decide issues of war and peace
20. vow to never separate and to meet whenever the circumstances might require until a sound and just constitution was established
22. although she was compassionate to the poor, her acts went unnoticed because her lifestyle overshadowed them
23. dissenting groups of people who competed for political power
24. October 5, six thousand women shouting "bread" demanded to see the King and refused to leave Versailles until he met their demand to return to Paris
25. strong feeling of pride in and devotion to France that resulted from the new French national identity

1. advised the king to reduce extravagant court spending, reform government and abolish burdensome tariffs on internal trade
2. all of those who were not members of the above and can be divided into two groups, urban and rural
4. government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarchy
6. General French kings refused to call these into sessions because they feared nobles would use it to recover feudal powers lost under absolute rule
7. a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763
9. worn by male revolutionaries to show their support for the ideas of lerty and equality for all male citizens
10. the state that comprises by clergy
14. new legislative body created when the radicals replaced the royalist government in Paris
15. one cause of evonomic troubles in France defined as the government spending more money than it takes in
17. The right to vote that was given to male citizens, not just property owners, after radicals took over the legislature in August 1791
19. a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies beginning in 1789
21. government set up by the Constitution of 1795 with a two house legislature elected only by male citizens with property