French Revolution Puzzle

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  1. 2. The right to vote.
  2. 3. Literally meaning 'those without knee breeches'; they were the poorer sections of Parisian society who wore long striped trousers. They became a symbol of the revolutionaries.
  3. 6. A fortress-prison in Paris, hated by all, whose fall on 14 July 1789 symbolised the beginning of the Revolution.
  4. 9. A form of government where the people elect the government, including the head of the government.
  5. 12. A prominent revolutionary, often associated with the Jacobins but later executed by Robespierre.
  6. 13. A social division in French society during the Old Regime. French society was divided into three Estates: the Clergy (First Estate), the Nobility (Second Estate), and the common people (Third Estate).
  7. 14. One of the most important politically active women in revolutionary France; she wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen.
  8. 15. An executive body made up of five members, formed after the fall of the Jacobin government. It was often in conflict with the legislative councils.
  9. 16. The term used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789.
  10. 18. Proposed a form of government based on a 'social contract' between people and their representatives, as in 'The Social Contract.'
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  1. 1. Leader of the Jacobin Club, he governed France during the 'Reign of Terror' (1793-1794).
  2. 2. An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.
  3. 4. A direct tax paid to the state by members of the Third Estate.
  4. 5. Originally a priest, he wrote an influential pamphlet called 'What is the Third Estate?'
  5. 7. The trade of slaves between Europe, Africa, and the Americas in the 17th to 19th centuries.
  6. 8. A tax levied by the Church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.
  7. 10. A noble by birth but believed in the need to do away with a society of feudal privilege. He led the Third Estate and delivered powerful speeches.
  8. 11. Wrote 'Two Treatises of Government,' refuting the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch.
  9. 17. Wrote 'The Spirit of the Laws,' proposing a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary.
  10. 18. A political club formed after the French Revolution. Its members were mainly from the less prosperous sections of society. Their period of rule is known as the Reign of Terror.