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Clergy
a) government headed by a ruler with absolute authority
b) social class made up of clergy members (church leaders)
c) church leaders
d) working class men and women who pushed the revolutionaries to demand a republic

Revolution
a) the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
b) sudden overthrow of the government leaders by a small group
c) government headed by a ruler with absolute authority
d) political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms

Tithe
a) a 10 percent tax on income paid to the clergy
b) forced removal from one’s native country
c) a two house legislature, used the military to take down uprisings
d) the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution

Louis XVI
a) French revolutionary leader, leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror
b) young French General who overthrew the Directory and named himself Emperor of France
c) a person wanting extreme and immediate change
d) King of France from 1774-1791

Marie Antoinette
a) a person wanting extreme and immediate change
b) young French General who overthrew the Directory and named himself Emperor of France
c) wife of Louis XVI, Queen of France
d) supporters of the sans-culottes, extreme radicals, led by Maximillien Robespierre

Coup d'etat
a) sudden overthrow of the government leaders by a small group
b) Government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarchy
c) the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution
d) forced removal from one’s native country

Jacobins
a) a person wanting extreme and immediate change
b) the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution
c) supporters of the sans-culottes, extreme radicals, led by Maximillien Robespierre
d) political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms

The Directory
a) palace of the king and queen of France
b) political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms
c) government headed by a ruler with absolute authority
d) the elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution

Dictatorship
a) a two house legislature, used the military to take down uprisings
b) a person given the power to act on behalf of others
c) supporters of the sans-culottes, extreme radicals, led by Maximillien Robespierre
d) government headed by a ruler with absolute authority

Liberalism
a) a person wanting extreme and immediate change
b) Government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarchy
c) political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms
d) used to kill traitors during the reign of terror, created equality because everyone died a painless death

Radical
a) French revolutionary leader, leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror
b) forced removal from one’s native country
c) King of France from 1774-1791
d) a person wanting extreme and immediate change

Maximillien Robespierre
a) King of France from 1774-1791
b) French revolutionary leader, leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror
c) young French General who overthrew the Directory and named himself Emperor of France
d) a person wanting extreme and immediate change

Guillotine
a) the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
b) forced removal from one’s native country
c) used to kill traitors during the reign of terror, created equality because everyone died a painless death
d) a 10 percent tax on income paid to the clergy

Exile
a) church leaders
b) forced removal from one’s native country
c) political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms
d) a person given the power to act on behalf of others

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