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French Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY | THIS BODY HAD THE POWER TO CREATE LAWS AND TO APPROVE OR REJECT DECLARATIONS OF WAR |
| EMIGRE | people who fled France like nobles and others |
| SANS-CULOTTE | regular joes who had no power but later learned to use there powers on the streets of France |
| JACOBIN | were members of a radical political organization |
| GUILLOTINE | the guillotine was a publicly displayed death machine, guillotine said himself that this was a quick death, that you wouldn't feel a thing, some say the killing of people was maybe to soon and just to please the crowd. |
| MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE | hew slowly gained power and set up a republic of virtue, by wiping out everything of Frances past, closed all churches and and got rid of Sundays, made 12months and 30 days new calendar |
| REIGN OF TERROR | he became the leader of the committee of public safety. he basically became a dictator for France and his rule became known as the reign of terror |