French Crossword

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  1. 5. French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington
  2. 6. a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities
  3. 9. was a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. A noble, before 1789 he was involved in numerous scandals that left his reputation in ruins.
  4. 12. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws
  5. 13. Last name of the French revolutionary leader and orator
  6. 16. the elected government in France during the first part of the Revolution
  7. 17. A term loosely applied to the lower classes in France during the revolution
  8. 18. motto of the French revolution (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)
  9. 19. The leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of terror
  10. 20. is one of the major and largest public squares in Paris It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
  11. 23. Last name of a physician, political theorist and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist
  12. 24. the process or period of gathering crops
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  1. 1. form of tax in France before the revolution
  2. 2. group of five men who held the executive power in France
  3. 3. the period of the French Revolution (1793 -1794) when the ruling Jacobin faction, ruthlessly executed anyone considered a threat to their command
  4. 4. a ball-and-court game that originated in France
  5. 6. Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI (1774–1793)
  6. 7. a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status
  7. 8. an official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair
  8. 10. a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures
  9. 11. A pledge taken by revolutionaries that essentially said they would continue to meet until a stable constitutional government was established
  10. 14. the national anthem of France.
  11. 15. a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
  12. 18. king of France (1774 -1792) his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution
  13. 21. legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth
  14. 22. the eldest son of the King of France