French Revolution

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Across
  1. 3. Weapon used to behead people
  2. 4. When the 3rd Estate became a new national assembly and vowed that they would demand change
  3. 7. A french military leader who declared himself emperor of France's fragile republic
  4. 8. The king of France during the beginnings of the French Revolution
  5. 10. A legislative group that was called by King Louis the XVI to discuss and vote on raising taxes to deal with France's large debt
  6. 13. Caused by rumors spreading that the king wanted to kill peasants, which resulted in the action of violence against people who were in higher estates
  7. 15. Louis the XVI wife
  8. 18. Turned France into a bloody dictatorship during the Reign of Terror
  9. 19. Made up of peasants, merchants, middle class, bankers, factory workers, ect
  10. 20. The rule/reason as to why the absolute monarchs were able to stay in power for so long
Down
  1. 1. Headed by Robespierre, and led to many many people being killed if they were not "revolutionary enough"
  2. 2. When 7000 women/peasants with pitchforks go to Versailles to demand that the king and queen go back to Paris to hear their demands
  3. 5. As a result of the Tennis Court Oath, and is made up of the 3rd Estate
  4. 6. Started as a simple hunting cabin when it was built for King Louis the XIII in 1682
  5. 9. Made up of the Catholic Church and clergy
  6. 11. Made up of the royalty, nobility, and the king
  7. 12. What happened when peasants got scared and wanted the weapons that the prison held
  8. 14. A form of government that rules with complete authority over the government and the people
  9. 16. A political system firmly in place in France during the 1700's which included the three estates
  10. 17. The man who said "I am the state"