French Revolution

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