The French Revolution

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  1. 4. / Something unable to be given or taken away.
  2. 7. / Devotion to one's region, rather than their own country.
  3. 8. / Members of the aristocracy, especially a noble.
  4. 10. / The name of a revolutionary who believed that an ideal government would allow the ruler and elected officials to hold separate powers.
  5. 14. / A feudal lord of an estate or manor.
  6. 15. / A theory that all knowledge comes from experience.
  7. 16. / The name for the French taxation on salt.
  8. 17. / A movement in the culture of Europe and the United States during the 18th century, involving intellectuals who wanted an improvement in society.
  9. 18. / A status that was not hereditary, but required education, wealth, and connections to become part of it; made up less than 1% of the population.
  10. 19. / 10% of one's income; Church could demand this from peasants.
  11. 20. / A radical group who wanted extreme change in the government of France.
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  1. 1. / A radical revolutionary who was murdered by Charlotte Corday to "... save 100 000 [lives]".
  2. 2. / The French name for direct tax.
  3. 3. / A pledge taken after the 3rd Estate formed its own government, promising the continuous meeting of the group until a new government was formed.
  4. 5. / The name given to Louis XVI after the Monarchy was abolished in 1792.
  5. 6. / A system of government in which a country is controlled by a monarch who is not restricted by law nor by custom; persisted in France until 1792.
  6. 9. / A former political prison holding only 7 inmates during the time of its capture by a large mob.
  7. 11. / Formed by representatives of the 3rd Estate; lead by Count Mirabeau.
  8. 12. / A negative balance that a citizen or the government as a whole accumulates when expenses are greater than the wealth they have; a lack or shortage of money.
  9. 13. / Revolutionary intellectuals at the time of the French Revolution who gathered to discuss politics, science, history, and economics; changed how people looked at religion and general ideas.
  10. 14. / A meeting of intellectuals to discuss new ideas, most often held in one's home.
  11. 21. / To forbid citizens from hearing, seeing, or reading certain information or ideas.