French Revolution

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Across
  1. 4. Economic blockade designed by Napoleon to weaken Britain
  2. 6. Revolutionary leader who was eventually executed himself
  3. 8. Queen of France, famous for “Let them eat cake”
  4. 9. Radical journalist and politician, murdered in his bathtub
  5. 10. Wave of killings of prisoners in 1792
  6. 12. Radical working-class revolutionaries
  7. 13. Event marking the start of the Revolution on July 14, 1789
  8. 16. Five-member committee that ruled France after the Reign of Terror
  9. 18. Symbolic fortress stormed on July 14, 1789
  10. 19. Revolutionary body formed by the Third Estate
  11. 21. Event that led to the fall of Robespierre
  12. 22. Radical group that led the Reign of Terror
  13. 24. Conflict in Spain and Portugal where guerrilla warfare weakened
  14. 25. Lavish palace of the French monarchy
  15. 27. Court that tried enemies of the Revolution
  16. 29. Device used for executions during the Reign of Terror
  17. 30. Nobles who fled France during the Revolution
Down
  1. 1. Oath Pledge by the Third Estate to create a new constitution
  2. 2. Law that allowed the arrest of anyone suspected of being against the Revolution
  3. 3. Legal system established by Napoleon that reflected some revolutionary principles
  4. 5. Series of conflicts between Napoleonic France and various European coalitions
  5. 7. Document that declared “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
  6. 11. Law that placed the Church under state control
  7. 14. Assembly that abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic
  8. 15. The common people of France who played a key role in the Revolution
  9. 17. Assembly of representatives from France’s three social classes
  10. 20. King of France executed during the Revolution
  11. 23. Form of government established after the monarchy was abolished
  12. 26. Event in which Napoleon overthrew The Directory and took power
  13. 28. Widespread panic and peasant uprisings in 1789