French Revolution
Across
- 2. The name for the pre-revolutionary system of government.
- 3. Period of mass executions and repression, led by the Committee of Public Safety.
- 5. Moderate faction that opposed the more radical Jacobins.
- 8. King of France executed in January 1793.
- 10. The social class composed of the vast majority of the French population before the Revolution.
- 11. New governing body established in 1795, marked by a five-member executive.
- 12. Device used for beheadings, a symbol of the Revolution.
- 13. Leading figure of the Committee of Public Safety, executed in 1794.
- 14. Legislative body that replaced the National Assembly in September 1792 and abolished the monarchy.
- 15. Queen of France, executed in October 1793.
Down
- 1. A radical political group that held significant power during the Reign of Terror.
- 4. An oath sworn by the Third Estate to draft a new constitution, June 1789.
- 6. French General who seized power as First Consul in 1799.
- 7. Famous prison stormed on July 14, 1789.
- 9. The name given to Napoleon's 1799 coup that ended the Directory.
- 11. Document outlining natural rights, passed in August 1789.