French Revolution
Across
- 2. A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country
- 4. Fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids.
- 10. Body of French civil laws introduced in 1804; served as model for many nations’ civil codes
- 12. Military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy.
- 13. Old order; system of government pre-revolution France
- 17. Austrian born queen with lavish lifestyle; Against reforms and the French court
- 18. Financial advisor to Louis XVI. Urged the king to reduce spending
- 19. Time period during the French Revolution from Sept. 1793 to July 1794 when people in France were arrested for not supporting the revolution and many were executed.
- 20. Aristocratic “hero of two worlds” who fought alongside George Washington
Down
- 1. Assembly of European leaders that met after the Napoleonic era to piece Europe back together; met from Sept 1814 to June 1815.Concert of Europe
- 3. Last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution
- 5. Blockade designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods;
- 6. A system in which Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain met periodically to discuss any problems affecting the peace in Europe.
- 7. Ballet in which voters have a direct say on an issue.
- 8. Dissenting group of people
- 9. French port city; troops marched to a patriotic song as they marched from this city, eventually became the national anthem of France.
- 11. A French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.
- 14. Right to vote
- 15. Social class
- 16. Fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789