French Revolution Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is an absolute monarchy? | a monarch whose power is not limited by a representative assembly |
What is a tithe? | 10% of one's income paid to the church |
What was the First Estate? | The top tier of French society, made up of church leaders and clergy |
Who were in the Second Estate? | Nobles |
What % of the French people were considered the Third Estate? | 97% |
Who were in the Third Estate? | bourgeoisie, proletariat, and peasants |
Which group was made up of middle class citizens that were neither noble or poor? | bourgeoisie |
Which group of citizens was made of city workers, such as bakers, tailors, and carpenters? | proletariat |
What did it mean to be a courtier? | someone who lived at the palace and attended to the royal court |
Who was the Dauphin? | the prince who is next in line to be king |
What was the Estates-General? | the legislative body before the F.R. with representatives from all 3 Estates |
What was pledged in the Tennis Court Oath? | the National Assembly agreed to write a new constitution |
Someone who opposes rapid change and holds traditional values is what? | conservative |
Someone who favors extreme change is what? | radical |
Which French invention was designed to make execution faster and less painful? | guillotine |
Who were the royalists? | supporters of the old regime |
What does it mean to be exiled? | to be forced to leave one's own country to live somewhere else |
What was the National Assembly? | the legislative body formed to represent the whole nation |
Why did people storm the Bastille? | to raid the weapons storage to prepare for revolution |
What was the name of the grand palace built by Louis XIV? | Versailles |
Who did Marie Antoinette marry? | King Louis XVI |
Who was known as the Sun King? | King Louis XIV |
Who was Louis XVI's grandfather? | King Louis XV |
Who was Robespierre? | the Jacobin leader who ran France with a Reign of Terror |
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? | the emperor of France for 15 years at the end of the French Revolution |
Created by:
A Gausman
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