French Revolution

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Across
  1. 2. this group consisted of the nobility class who paid no taxes
  2. 6. group of mostly third estate that claimed to represent the people of France
  3. 7. when the government and/or monarchs are spending more money than it takes in
  4. 8. the King during the French Revolution that was beheaded
  5. 9. the third government setup during the French Revolution that was weak and corrupt
  6. 10. this group comprised of 97% of France’s population before the revolution
  7. 11. a march of over 7,000 women that stormed the palace to kill the queen and relocate the royal family
  8. 13. during this period up to 40,000 people were sentenced to death by guillotine
  9. 14. A meeting called by the King to deal with the budget with representatives from each estate
  10. 15. the king’s palace of France. As many as 10,000 people lived there
  11. 17. pledge by the National Assembly not to disband until a new constitutional was established
Down
  1. 1. voted to abolish the monarchy and declared France a republic
  2. 3. a machine created in order to make executions more humane
  3. 4. Last name of the leader of the Committee of Public Safety and the Reign of Terror
  4. 5. wife of King Louis XVI, from Austria
  5. 12. one of three distinct social classes in France consisting of Roman Catholic clergy and made up 1% of the population
  6. 16. famous Paris political prison stormed by a mob