French Revolution

2. Economic blockade designed by Napoleon to weaken Britain
6. Widespread panic and peasant uprisings in 1789
11. Law that allowed the arrest of anyone suspected of being against the Revolution
13. Napoleon’s final defeat by British and Prussian forces in 1815
14. Court that tried enemies of the Revolution
17. Oath Pledge by the Third Estate to create a new constitution
22. Series of conflicts between Napoleonic France and various European coalitions
23. Wave of killings of prisoners in 1792
24. Revolutionary leader who was eventually executed himself
26. Lavish palace of the French monarchy
28. Symbolic fortress stormed on July 14, 1789
29. Radical journalist and politician, murdered in his bathtub
30. Event in which Napoleon overthrew The Directory and took power
31. Five-member committee that ruled France after the Reign of Terror

1. Law that placed the Church under state control
3. Queen of France, famous for “Let them eat cake”
4. Device used for executions during the Reign of Terror
5. King of France executed during the Revolution
7. The common people of France who played a key role in the Revolution
8. Conflict in Spain and Portugal where guerrilla warfare weakened
9. Assembly of representatives from France’s three social classes
10. Document that declared “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
12. Event marking the start of the Revolution on July 14, 1789
15. Revolutionary body formed by the Third Estate
16. Radical group that led the Reign of Terror
18. Legal system established by Napoleon that reflected some revolutionary principles
19. Assembly that abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic
20. Nobles who fled France during the Revolution
21. Radical working-class revolutionaries
25. Event that led to the fall of Robespierre
27. Form of government established after the monarchy was abolished