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  • Who was the leader of the revolution during the reign of terror?
    Maximilien Robespierre
  • How were the states made up and what was their voting capacity?
    1 State: clergy 2 State: Nobility (one vote) 3 State: Merchants, Workers, Peasants (one vote)
  • What is famine? One of the reason o the French Revolution.
    extreme scarcity of food
  • Name at least three reasons why the French Revolution began.
    Free
  • What happened on July 14th, 1789?
    The Parisians seized the Bastille.
  • What is the term for a government where a king holds all the power?
    Absolute monarchy
  • Peasants were a part of which class? (what estate)
    The peasants were a part of the lower classes. (3rd estate)
  • How the hierarchy was organized in France before the revolution?
    Absolute Monarch-Clergy-Nobility-Merchants-Peasants class.
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