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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. The French Revolution. Vocabulary. Revolution—A movement to change the way things are done in a country or region. Guillotine—A device used to execute people during the French Revolution Genocide—systematic murder of a group of people

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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  1. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

  2. The French Revolution Vocabulary Revolution—A movement to change the way things are done in a country or region. Guillotine—A device used to execute people during the French Revolution Genocide—systematic murder of a group of people Maximilien de Robespiere—Leader of the French Revolution.

  3. The French Revolution Vocabulary Laissez Faire—”Hands Off” A term usually used to describe the policy of a government toward a market economy. Deficit Spending—Government spending more than it makes in taxes Suffrage—The right to vote Citizen—A person who is officially a part of a nation or government.

  4. The French Revolution Causes Enlightenment American Revolution Deficit Spending and Kings acting like Dictators.

  5. Maximilien de Robespiere Biography Against the death penalty and slavery Lawyer and Politician Became a dictator to try to oversee France becoming a true democracy Executed by his own people

  6. Given the information learned from the pictures, write a 3 paragraph essay explaining what the two quotes listed below reveal about the French Revolution. “Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!” ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities “Peoples do not judge in the same way as courts of law; they do not hand down sentences, they throw thunderbolts; they do not condemn kings, they drop them back into the void; and this justice is worth just as much as that of the courts.” ― Maximilien Robespierre

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