Age of Revolution

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Across
  1. 1. A radical political group during the French Revolution that favored drastic change and led the Reign of Terror.
  2. 3. The practice of requiring all able-bodied men, typically of a certain age, to serve in the military.
  3. 10. A system of government where a monarch shares power with a constitutionally-established body, like a parliament.
  4. 11. A representative assembly in pre-revolutionary France made up of three estates: the First Estate (clergy), Second Estate (nobility), and Third Estate (common people).
  5. 12. A royal fortress and prison in Paris that symbolized the tyranny of the French monarchy. It was stormed by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789
  6. 13. Robespierre’s vision of a society where citizens acted morally and the revolution inspired people to be good.
  7. 14. A period during the French Revolution when the Committee of Public Safety, led by Robespierre, executed tens of thousands of perceived enemies of the revolution.
  8. 15. The five-man government that replaced the National Convention after the fall of Robespierre and ruled France during a period of instability.
Down
  1. 2. The revolutionary government formed after the fall of the monarchy in France.
  2. 4. The King of France during the French Revolution
  3. 5. English military and political leader who helped overthrow the monarchy during the English Civil War and later ruled as a dictator.
  4. 6. A historic English document that limited the powers of the king and asserted certain rights for the people.
  5. 7. A moderate political faction during the French Revolution that sought to protect middle-class interests and opposed extreme changes.
  6. 8. A key figure in the French Revolution and leader of the Committee of Public Safety.
  7. 9. A document that limited the powers of the English monarch and laid out rights for Parliament and the people.