French Revolution

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Across
  1. 5. The ________ Estate was made up of noblemen and aristocrats, who paid almost no taxes
  2. 6. One of the two leaders of the radicals and an influential newspaper writer; murdered in the bathtub
  3. 7. The fortified prison and arsenal that was stormed by an angry mob of Parisians
  4. 10. The moderate faction of the French Revolution who wanted a constitutional monarchy
  5. 11. The First Estate was composed of ______, or members of the Catholic Church
  6. 12. Napoleon _______ was a French general who became dictator and later emperor
  7. 13. The leader of the moderates & a former businessman; he opposed the Terror & was executed by the radicals
  8. 14. This Caribbean nation won its independence from France after a brutal uprising to free the enslaved population
  9. 16. the French King kept his primary residence at the palace of _______
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  1. 1. King _____ XVI was the last ruler of pre-Revolution France
  2. 2. One of the two leaders of the radicals; chief architect of the Reign of Terror
  3. 3. During the Reign of Terror, most executions were carried out via ____________
  4. 4. The slogan of Revolutionary France was "Liberty, _______, Brotherhood"
  5. 8. The radical faction, also known as Jacobins, who wanted to abolish the monarchy in favor of a republic
  6. 9. These wealthy individuals - lawyers, merchants, bankers, etc - were the upper ranks of the Third Estate, and played a major role in the Revolution
  7. 15. The _____ Estate, which included 98% of France's population, paid nearly all the taxes, but had no political power