Question

Match the correct word to the correct definition.

Answer 1

Here are the matches for your French Revolution items:

G. The Directory

• 1. A five-man body that came to power after Robespierre was removed from power. They faced many political enemies and even foreign enemies of France

A. Estates General

• 2. Delegates of the three estates that come together in a representative body.

F. First Estate

• 3. Made up of the clergy (people ordained for religious duties)- about 130,000 people  

D. "The Terror"

• 4. A period of the French Revolution that went from about March 1793 to July 1794 during which many people deemed enemies of the revolution were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction. Up to 40,000 people were executed as accused enemies.

C. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• 5. Like the US Declaration of Independence, it drew on the ideas of “natural law” from a divine creator. It stated that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights”. They also said that that the rights included liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.  

B. Third Estate

• 6. The rest of the people of France, known as the “commoners”. Ranging from merchants and tradesmen to poor rural peasants. About 26 million people  

E. Second Estate

• 7. Made up of 400,000 nobles or aristocrats.