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- 1. a group which was formed in April to protect France against its enemies, foreign and domestic, and to oversee the government.
- 3. a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
- 10. someone who left their own country to settle in another or leave for political reasons.
- 11. TRIBUNAL, was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It eventually became one of the most powerful engines of the Reign of Terror.
- 14. was a parliament of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly, early acts were the formal abolition of the monarchy.
- 17. supported the rights of property, but represented a much more middle-class position than the government which succeeded them in Thermidor. A group of Radicals.
- 18. a group of 5 men in government whos system got overthrown by Napolean
- 20. oath made with 3rd estate voting "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established".
- 21. in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
- 23. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. Took power after directory when a leader was needed.
- 24. Extremly Large and rich palace where Marie and Louis lived.
- 25. King Louis' Wife, focused on fashion and redoing the Palace of Versailles
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- 2. said we need three branches of govt. Legeslative, Judicial, and Executive.
- 4. the middle and lower class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
- 5. a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States.
- 6. The French Declaration with the principle that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” .
- 7. the third estates name change at the tennis courts to show power over other estates.
- 8. a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.
- 9. the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions, mother of Marie Antoinnette.
- 12. advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people, pride in your country.
- 13. married to Marie Antoinette, bad king and couldn't stop the debt deep in France.
- 15. a young soldier who fought along side with George Washington in the American Revolution and leads the French Revolution.
- 16. said we need a republic govt. where the people vote and elect their leaders.
- 19. rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and are therefore universal and inalienable.
- 22. said we all have the right to our natural rights and rulers who cant protect those rights may be removed by the people.