Radicalism and Reign of Terror e.s.

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Money, bad harvest, unfair Estate System, Estates General, American Revolution, and Enlightened ideas

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Causes of the French Revolution

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Middle class, urban workers, rural peasants. Made up 98% of the population. Had to pay ALL the taxes

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3rd Estate

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Which form of government has no king?

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Republic

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Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

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Committee of Public Safety

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What was the Reign of Terror?

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period of time where thousands of political opponents were executed

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This device was used to execute thousands of people during the period known as the Reign of Terror.

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guillotine

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The National Convention passed legislation called The Law of Suspects which arrested citizens for the following: Hoarding Grain, Speaking critically of the Government, Having subversive documents.

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all of the above

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Most of the 40,000 that were killed during the Reign of Terror were from which ESTATE?

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3rd Estate

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What label did Robespierre use for the new social order he aimed to create through the Reign of Terror?

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The Republic of Virtue

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Led by Robespierre's new social order, "The Republic Virtue" took steps to change French society by the following: De - Christianization, Abolished Slavery, Primary Education, Took control of the Economy.

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All of the above