French Revolution
Across
- 2. introduced in 1793 with 10-day weeks and new month names (13 letters → two words)
- 4. radical club that met in an old monastery; led by Robespierre for a time (6 letters)
- 9. where Napoleon was exiled the second (and final) time (2,5 letters)
- 10. political group that sat on the high benches in the assembly (11 letters → one word)
- 11. ______ assassinated Marat in his bathtub (6 letters)
- 13. inspired by Enlightenment ideas; passed August 26, 1789 (11 letters → five words)
- 15. Has a trunk
- 16. Likes to chase mice
- 17. Large marsupial
- 18. of Austria and mother of Marie-Antoinette (5-7 letters → hyphenated)
Down
- 1. cry of counter-revolutionaries in the Vendée region: “Vive __ ____!” (2,3 letters)
- 3. Man's best friend
- 4. and orator nicknamed “The Voice of the Revolution” for his speeches (9 letters)
- 5. to ______: Louis XVI’s failed 1791 escape attempt (7 letters)
- 6. middle class who led much of the early Revolution (11 letters)
- 7. stormed on July 14, 1789 – now celebrated as Bastille Day (7 letters)
- 8. introduced in 1789 that quickly lost value (6 letters)
- 12. government that ruled France during the Reign of Terror (6,2,6,6 letters → four words)
- 14. Flying mammal