The French Revolution

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  1. 2. The French name for direct tax.
  2. 7. Something unable to be given or taken away.
  3. 10. Devotion to one's region, rather than their own country.
  4. 11. The name of a revolutionary who believed that an ideal government would allow the ruler and elected officials to hold separate powers.
  5. 12. 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. 14. 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.
  7. 15. A movement in the culture of Europe and the United States during the 18th century, involving intellectuals who wanted an improvement in society.
  8. 18. Members of the aristocracy, especially a noble.
  9. 20. 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.
  10. 21. To forbid citizens from hearing, seeing, or reading certain information or ideas.
  11. 22. A radical revolutionary who was murdered by Charlotte Corday to "... save 100 000 [lives]".
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  1. 1. Formed by representatives of the 3rd Estate; lead by Count Mirabeau.
  2. 3. The name given to Louis XVI after the Monarchy was abolished in 1792.
  3. 4. A theory that all knowledge comes from experience.
  4. 5. 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.
  5. 6. A meeting of intellectuals to discuss new ideas, most often held in one's home.
  6. 8. A former political prison holding only 7 inmates during the time of its capture by a large mob.
  7. 9. The name for the French taxation on salt.
  8. 13. A pledge taken after the 3rd Estate formed its own government, promising the continuous meeting of the group until a new government was formed.
  9. 16. A radical group who wanted extreme change in the government of France.
  10. 17. 10% of one's income; Church could demand this from peasants.
  11. 19. A feudal lord of an estate or manor.