French Rev Vocab II

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Across
  1. 5. King of France during the French Revolution
  2. 7. The Lavish French palace that was the seat of the French Monarchy (built by Louis XIV)
  3. 8. The Nobles, 1.5% of the population
  4. 11. Everyone else, 98% of the population
  5. 12. Jacobin lawyer and revolutionary behind the Reign of Terror
  6. 16. Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform
  7. 17. France's traditional national assembly with representatives of the three estates, or classes, in French society
Down
  1. 1. served as finance minister for Louis XVI and a statesman
  2. 2. The Clergy, 0.5% of the population
  3. 3. Declaration mainly by members of the Third Estate not to disband until they had drafted a constitution for France.
  4. 4. Period during the Revolution led by Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety where thousands were executed,
  5. 6. A device that was used to execute a person by chopping off their head
  6. 9. popular military hero who politicians turned to for support, but he outwitted them all and took control of france
  7. 10. Radical Republicans during the French Revolution. Led by Maximilien Robespierre.
  8. 13. First democratic government of France created directly after the Tennis Court Oath
  9. 14. government set up by the Constitution of 1795 with a two house legislature elected only by male citizens with property post the reign of terror
  10. 15. The state prison in Paris that was attacked and taken by French revolutionists in 1789