French Revolution

2. Leader of the Reign of Terror
5. She was the queen of France and spent extravagantly.
7. This prevented all trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations
8. overthrew the government of France and crowned himself emperor
9. Comprehensive set of laws of France to get rid of injustices
15. less than 1% of France's population, educated the French people, and helped the destitute
16. 2% of France's population owned approximately 20% of the land
17. document that sets limits on the government by sying what it can and can't do
18. Created by the 3rd Estate delegates as the voice of the people and lawmaking body
20. The people armed themselves by storming the __, and stealing guns,ammunition, and powder
22. 97% of France's population, consisted of merchants, bankers, peasants, and shopkeepers, paid all the taxes
23. France had a large __ from financing the American Revolution
24. Right to not be put in jail for no reason in the new constitution
25. Place where Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington

1. period during which committee of public safety put to death thousands of suspected counter revolutionaries
3. caused the destruction of nobles and church property by commoners
4. Burning fields and slaughtering livestock in retreat
6. poor harvests caused the price of __ to skyrocket and people to starve
10. an overthrow of the government
11. Pledge to reform France's government with a new constitution
12. efficient, humane, mostly painless killing machine used to execute the revolutions enemies
13. Under the ___ in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the Third Estate.
14. Spaniards used __ to wear down Napoleon's forces
19. He was the king of France and accused of treason.
21. King Louis was a __ leader making Frances problems bigger than they should have been
26. The 3rd Estates burden that was unfair