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