The French Revolution

5. The lower class did not feel they had enough ___________________ and that their needs were not met by their king.
8. The people of France fought in the revolution for their ________ which they did not feel were fair under the rule of King Louis XVI.
11. Peasant farmers of France had the burden of paying all of the _______ while the higher estates lived in luxury and refused to pay them.
13. A historic monument and past residence of French kings including King Louis XVI.
14. The clergy and nobility had many of these while the third estate had none.
16. A materialistic class of people which owned most of the community’s wealth and lived in boastful luxury.
17. The social _____________ caused rising tensions in the French government in the early stages of the revolution.
18. Marie Antoinette famously said, “Let them eat _______!”
19. ____________ was everything in France pre-revolution it determined how you lived your life, what job you had, how much money you had, where you lived and what your rights were.

1. In early October nearing the beginning of the revolution, thousands of Parisian women marched Versailles and forced Louis to agree to the new ___________.
2. The goal was for society to be ______ for everyone after the revolution.
3. The _________ were the lowest estate, they had no privileges, poor living conditions and had to pay all taxes.
4. _________ was divided into 3 Estates based on hierarchy, and was completely unjust.
6. When a person was banished from their own country for political or punitive reasons.
7. There were three of these which each had a different group/class of people and was completely corrupt.
9. The government had a __________ when it spent more money than it took in.
10. Peasants relied on this each year for food and employment.
12. France’s economy was primarily based on this, it was important for each of the estates that this succeeded each year.
14. The point of the revolution was to change the nature of Political _________.
15. The French Revolution completely changed the French government and put and end to absolute ____________.