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Study cards for my pre-ap world history & geography french revolution quiz

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Third Estate   The peasants that made up 97-98% of the population and took the burden of all taxes  
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Second Estate   The Nobility who enjoyed special privileges  
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First Estate   High-ranking church members  
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Guillotine   The invention that became popular to use during the Reign of Terror to kill people because it was the most "humane"/painless way  
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Maximilien Robespierre   The mastermind of the Reign of Terror and refused to decrease the amount of public executions until he met the same fate himself?  
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One   In the Estate's General, each estate got ___ vote  
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Agriculture   The economy of France pre Revolution depended upon this  
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George Danton   The Parisian Commune was led by a Jacobin by the name of...  
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Deficit spending   King Louis XVI started _ _, which means he was spending more $ than he was collecting from taxes  
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Emigres   After special privileges are abolished for the First & Second Estate, many nobles flee the country and are known as...  
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Tennis Court Oath   After being locked out of the Estates General, members declared itself to be the National Assembly, relocating and taking this....  
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Women's March on Versailles   This event happened on October 5, 1789  
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Commune   After the Storming of the Bastille, Parisians demanded their own form of government called the _____________, in which small factions competed for control  
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Tuileries Palace   After the Women's March on Versailles, the royal family was forced to relocate and taken as virtual prisoners to this place  
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Storming of the Bastille   This event happened on July 14, 1789 (when the people of France heard the King was spending foreign troops to invade)  
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Madame Deficit   Many of the French people blamed the Queen, Marie Antoinette, for over spending on luxury items such as dresses and jewelry, giving her this nickname...  
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Population   This unfair voting system angered members of the Third Estate who felt they should have more of a say. As a result, they demanded that voting should be counted based on _________________  
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Austrian   Under the control of the Legislative Assembly, the royal family tried to escape their imprisonment but were caught in Varennes, just miles from the _____________ border  
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Jean Paul Marat   Which member of the Jacobins was assassinated while he was in his medicinal bath by a woman?  
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Bloc   As a result of the voting in the Estates General, the First and second Estate could operate as a voting ____ to stop the Third Estate from passing reform  
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Seven Year's War   Prior to the Revolution, King Louis XV was involved in this war that depleted the treasury  
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Cahiers   In the Estates General, traditional lists of grievances were drawn up by the people to be read by the King, they were called...  
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