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The French Revolution

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BASTILLE
A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries
PEASANTS
A country person (plural)
CONSTITUTION
Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
CLERGY
In Christianity, ___ collectively
REVOLUTION
A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
FRENCH
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln
TAXES
Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural)
EXECUTION
Putting a condemned person to death
GUILLOTINE
Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles
ROYALIST
A ___ supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War
HIERARCHY
A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
MASSACRE
The savage and excessive killing of many people
KING
Male ruler of a kingdom
LOUIS
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years
ARISTOCRAT
A member of the ___
MARIE-ANTOINETTE
Queen of France who was unpopular
MONARCHY
An autocracy governed by a ___ who usually inherits the authority
AUSTRIA
A mountainous republic in central Europe
NOBLES
A titled peer of the realm (plural)
REPUBLIC
A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch

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