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Enlightment, French
Crossword Review of the Enlightenment and French Revolution Extra Credict
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| VOLTAIRE | Enlightenment thinker most specifically concerned with freedom of expression and the separation of church and state |
| ROUSSEAU | Enlightenment thinker who advocated for the “general will” |
| FIVE | number of men who were a part of the executive branch of the Directory |
| GUILLOTINE | killing machine used to slice off people’s heads |
| LOUIS XVI | king of pre-revolutionary France |
| REPUBLIC | type of government of France created after the execution of the king |
| DIRECTORY | The government that took over after the Reign of Terror |
| EXECUTED | Ultimately, Louis XVI, his wife, Marie Antionette, and Robespierre were all…. |
| LIBERTY | The motto of the French Revolutionaries was ___, equality, and fraternity |
| FIRST | estate made up of the Catholic clergy (Church officials such as bishops) |
| TAXES | only the 3rd Estate paid these |
| CONSTITUTIONAL | the type of monarchy created by the first constitution of revolutionary France |
| SECOND | estate made up of the nobles |
| NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | Created by the 3rd Estate and claimed to be the true representative government of the people |
| MONTESQUIEU | Enlightenment thinker who advocated for the separation of powers |
| DECHRISTIANISATION | term for removal of all evidence of influence of the Church in French society |
| TWO | the number of houses in the legislative branch of the Directory |
| NINETY EIGHT | % of population that belonged to the 3rd Estate in pre-revolutionary France |
| TENNIS COURT | this Oath was made by the National Assembly to the people of France |
| THIRD | estate made up of peasants, laborers and the middle class |
| ONE | in pre-revolutionary France, the number of votes each Estate received |
| ABSOLUTE | King Louis XVI was this type of monarch prior to the revolution in France |
| LOCKE | the Enlightenment thinker who said men are born with God-given natural rights, and the abuse of those rights meant the people had a right and duty to create a new government |
| ROBERSPIERRE | leader of the Committee on Public Safety that launched the Reign of Terror |
| TERROR | his reign was the period of the French Revolution that was full of bloodshed due to wars with foreign nations and mass executions |
| BASTILLE | the people “stormed” this place to gather arms (guns mostly) to defend the National Assembly from the threat of Louis XVI’s military |
| ESTATES GENERAL | pre-revolutionary advisory body to the king that was made up of all 3 estates |
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