French Revolution

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Across
  1. 5. a form of government with a monarch at the head.
  2. 12. a royal house in France
  3. 13. a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles
  4. 16. country in North America
  5. 17. War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French
  6. 21. supreme law of the United States of America
  7. 22. a Palace in France
  8. 23. the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
  9. 24. intellectual and philosophical movement
  10. 25. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
Down
  1. 1. a religious church that was popular in Europe
  2. 2. generally referred to as simply Montesquieu
  3. 3. nobles
  4. 4. a radical change in the established order
  5. 6. enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
  6. 7. the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
  7. 8. commoners
  8. 9. clergy
  9. 10. a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert
  10. 11. the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament
  11. 14. a group of people who are related
  12. 15. a major historic event in France
  13. 18. dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
  14. 19. French for "former regime"
  15. 20. 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris