French Revolution Vocab

Question 1

The French Middle Class

Answer 1

Bourgeoisie

Question 2

radical political group that was in favor of using terror

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Jacobins

Question 3

a government in which representatives are elected to create laws on behalf of the people

Answer 3

Republic

Question 4

people who are against the revolution and are in support of the monarchy

Answer 4

Counter - Revolutionaries

Question 5

Minister of Finance who wanted to tax the clergy and nobility

Answer 5

Necker

Question 6

List of grievances presented to the Estates General

Answer 6

Cahiers

Question 7

Queen during the French Revolution

Answer 7

Marie Antoinette

Question 8

Monarch during the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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Moderate political group who were against using terror

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Girondists

Question 10

Representative body of France made up of three classes

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Estates General

Question 11

led the Reign of Terror

Answer 11

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 12

political group that did not want a monarchy and were for equality throughout society

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Liberals

Question 13

working class people, also the radicals of the Revolution

Answer 13

Sans - Culottes

Question 14

the theory that the King was placed on the throne by God

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Divine Right

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the French political system and social structure before 1789

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Old Regime

Question 16

political group that favored a constitutional monarchy

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Moderates

Question 17

political group that favored a return to an absolute monarchy and the three estates

Answer 17

Conservatives

Question 18

people who support the revolution and are against the monarchy

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Revolutionaries

Question 19

nobles who fled Paris

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Emigres