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The French Revolution WSS last testLegislative Assembly - answer A French congress with the power to create laws and
approve declarations of war established by the Constitution of 1791
Emigre - answer person who flees his or her country for political reasons, like the nobles
who fled France during the peasant uprisings of the French Revolution
Sans-culottes - answer In the French Revolution, a radical group made up of Parisian
wage-earners, and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government,
lower prices, and an end of food shortages
Jacobin - answer member of a radical political club during the French Revolution
Guillotine - answer A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution
during the French Revolution.
Maximilien Robespierre - answer Young provincial lawyer who led the most radical
phases of the French Revolution; his execution ended the Reign of Terror.
Reign of Terror - answerThe period from mid-1793 to mid 1794, when Maximilien
Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and
ordinary citizens were executed.
Why were the Nobles and officials within the church afraid of the Great Fear? -
answerThe nobles were afraid of the angry peasant mobs who were striking out against
the upper class.
What did the nobles do throughout the night of August 4,1789? - answerMotivated by
fear more than idealism, the nobles made speeches about equality and joined the
National Assembly erasing all feudal privileges making the commoners equal to the
nobles and clergy.
What was the significance of the Declaration of Right of Man? - answerStated that men
are born and remain free and are equal in right and guaranteed citizens freedom of
speech, equal justice, and freedom of religion.
What did the National Assembly do in the month of September 1791 - answerAfter 2
years of arguing the delegates had made significant changes in France's government
and society. They completed the new constitution
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