French Revolution

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st 
  Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

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machine used to execute people by beheading them

• Guillotine

• Blockade

• Bastille

• Directory

the right to vote

• Suffrage

• Sentiments

• Suppress

• Secede

In the Catholic Church, these include the Pope, bishops and priests; people who work for a church

• Democracy

• Clergy

• Citizen

• Social

A resident of a town or city; especially one entitled to civil privileges such as voting

• Clergy

• Democracy

• Social

• Citizen

(1789-1799) A political revolution during which the lower and middle class in France, frustrated over social, economic and political problems in the country and inspired by Enlightenment ideas overthrew King Louis XVI and tried to institute a more democratic government

• Maximilian Robespierre

• French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Congress of Vienna

(1758-1821) Military leader and later empower of France who brought order and stability towards the end of the Revolution. He attempted to conquer all of Europe, but failed and was eventually exiled to a remote island for the rests of his life

• Louis XVI

• Congress of Vienna

• French Revolution

• Napoleon Bonaparte

(1754-1793) King of France who was overthrown and executed during the French Revolution

• Louis XVI (16th)

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Napoleonic Code

• Reign of terror

A person in the lower class

• Abolish

• Consolidate

• Peasant

• Political