The French Revolution

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  1. 3. The hereditary right of a monarch to rule.
  2. 5. A member of a class of persons who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
  3. 8. A sweeping change.
  4. 10. the political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution.
  5. 12. French Revolution document that outlines what the National Assembly considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they possessed as citizens.
  6. 16. Form of government in which the king/queen has all of the power.
  7. 18. Living in a city
  8. 19. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
  9. 20. The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
  10. 21. French middle class
  11. 22. 97% of the population in France. They consisted of the Bourgeoisie, the urban workers and the peasants; they paid high taxes and had no special privileges.
  12. 24. The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
  13. 25. A person who is moderate in opinion or opposed to extreme views and actions, especially in politics.
  14. 26. Brotherhood. A group of society formed by people who share common interests
  15. 28. The distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong.
  16. 31. of Terror Radical phase and period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution. (1793-1794)
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  1. 1. A high-ranking social class determined by birth. In France, the Second Estate.
  2. 2. Assembly A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.
  3. 4. Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon.
  4. 6. A political viewpoint disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc.,or to restore traditional ones.
  5. 7. The sudden overthrow of a government by force.
  6. 9. Favoring drastic political, economical, or social reforms.
  7. 11. A financial charge imposed upon a taxpayer by a state to fund various public expenditures.
  8. 13. A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reevaluation of accepted ideas.
  9. 14. belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God.
  10. 15. pre-revolutionary social class in France.
  11. 17. A series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of wars or revolutions.
  12. 23. The guiding principle of the human mind in the process of thinking. The mental powers concerned with forming conclusions and judgments.
  13. 27. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizen who can elect people to represent them.
  14. 29. Freedom
  15. 30. Church officials. In France, the First Estate