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569156677BourgeoisieFrench Middle Class0
569156678Charlotte CordayMurdered Marat in his bath tub1
569156679ConscriptionDraft2
569156680Coup D'etatOverthrow of state3
569156681DantonJacobin leader; military like him; executed by Robespierre4
569156682La MarseillaiseNational anthem of France5
569156683EmigresNobles who fled France in the early stages of the Revolution6
569156684Jacques NeckerFired for suggesting clergy and nobles pay taxes7
569156685Great FearTales of attacks on villages and towns that spread panic8
569156686Law of SuspectsArrest and execution of suspected traitors and counter-revolutionaries9
569156687Lettres de CachetMeans a sealed letter; exile or imprisonment without trial10
569156688Madame TussaudMade death masks of Reign of Terror victims11
569156689MaratEditor of L'ami du Peuple; murdered in his bath tub12
569156690NapoleonOverthrew the directory; established a military dictatorship; "Je suis la Revolution!"13
569156691Marquis de LafayetteAristocratic "hero of two worlds"; fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution14
569156692Robert TurgotFirst adviser fired for suggesting clergy and noble be taxed15
569156693Sans CulottesUltra radicals in French Revolution; men without knee breeches16
569156694Tennis Court OathPledge to write a constitution for France17
569156695Civil Constitution of the ClergyThe government's way to control the church; all the clergy are elected and paid a salary; all church land seized18
569156696Brunswick ManifestoSays if the Royal Family is harmed, Paris will be leveled19
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