Cianci - Dalessandro Word Scramble
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| September 1791 | The National Constituent Assembly drew to a close having completed its task of reconstructing the government and the administration of France. |
| Jacobins | A club of the Third Estate which pressed for a republic rather than a constitutional monarchy. Gained inspiration from thoughts of the Enlightenment, especially Rousseau. |
| Girondists | A group of Jacobins which assumed leadership of the Assembly. Were determined to oppose the forces of the counterrevolution. |
| April 20, 1792 | Girondists led the Legislative Assembly to declare war on Austria. |
| March 1791 | A group of woman led by Pauline Leon petitioned for the right to bear arms and to fight to protect the revolution. |
| Duke of Brunswick | Commander of the Prussian forces who issued a manifesto threatening to destroy Paris if the French royal family were harmed. |
| August 10, 1792 | A large crowd invaded the Tuileries palace and forced Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to take refuge in the Legislative Assembly. Many Swiss troops and Parisian citizens lay dead. |
| September Massacres | The Paris Commune executed and murdered about 1,200 people who were in the city jails. |
| The Convention | New assembly elected to write a democratic constitution. Declared France a republic. |
| Sans-Culottes | Radical Jacobins and people of Paris whose desires, attitudes, and ideals were the primary factors in the internal development of the revolution. |
| The Mountain | Extreme Jacobins who began to cooperate with leaders of the Parisian sans-culottes and the Paris Commune to overthrow the monarchy |
| December 1792 | Louis XVI put on trial. Later convicted of conspiring against the liberty of the people and the security of the state. |
| January 21, 1793 | Louis XVI beheaded after being condemned to death. |
| The Convention later declared war against... | Great Britain, Holland, and Spain. |
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