The French Revolution

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  1. 6. 10% of one's income; Church could demand this from peasants.
  2. 9. A meeting of intellectuals to discuss new ideas, most often held in one's home.
  3. 11. A radical group who wanted extreme change in the government of France.
  4. 12. 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.
  5. 13. The name given to Louis XVI after the Monarchy was abolished in 1792.
  6. 15. A pledge taken after the 3rd Estate formed its own government, promising the continuous meeting of the group until a new government was formed.
  7. 16. The name of a revolutionary who believed that an ideal government would allow the ruler and elected officials to hold separate powers.
  8. 17. A feudal lord of an estate or manor.
  9. 20. A theory that all knowledge comes from experience.
  10. 21. The French name for direct tax.
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  1. 1. A movement in the culture of Europe and the United States during the 18th century, involving intellectuals who wanted an improvement in society.
  2. 2. Devotion to one's region, rather than their own country.
  3. 3. 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.
  4. 4. A radical revolutionary who was murdered by Charlotte Corday to "... save 100,000 [lives]".
  5. 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.
  6. 7. Members of the aristocracy, especially a noble.
  7. 8. 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.
  8. 10. The name for the French taxation on salt.
  9. 14. Something unable to be given or taken away.
  10. 18. To prohibit citizens from hearing, seeing, or reading certain information or ideas.
  11. 19. An individual who has been hired and paid to take part in a certain conflict but are not part of that country's army or other government organization.