French revolution
Across
- 1. the new group formed by the third estate after being ignored by the other estates
- 5. the system of laws in place before the fre
- 7. the amount of votes each estate had
- 8. the military leader who crowned himself emperor and rebuilt france
- 9. the estate consisting of commoners
- 12. the system of laws under napoleon's rule
- 13. a beheading device
- 15. originally from the first estate, but moved to the third
- 17. the queen famous for the line "let them eat cake"
- 18. the month in which france's independence day takes place
- 19. the estate consiting of royalty and nobles
- 20. the estate consisting of the clergy
Down
- 2. the prison/armory raided on france's independence day
- 3. the period of bloody violence and paranoia where the guillotine ruled france
- 4. essentially the french version of the declaration of independence
- 6. didn't want to be killed, so he killed everyone else
- 10. the type of court in which the third estate demand a new constitution
- 11. the ruling king when the revolution began
- 14. the king's royal vacation home
- 16. an assembly of the estates to discuss matters and vote