French Revolution and Napoleon Vocabulary
Across
- 2. formal agreement
- 4. invading Spain was a terrible idea
- 7. helped get the French king executed; extremely radical
- 9. French congress of 1789
- 10. tried to wipe out every trace of French royalty; executed everyone connected to those who opposed the Revolution
- 14. people afraid of political imprisonment
- 16. comprised of either clergy, nobility, or the rest of the population
- 17. cutting off commerce
- 20. unfortunate and decapitated king
- 21. Napoleon's great scheme against Britain
- 22. did not say let them eat cake; spent extravagantly
- 24. invading Russia was probably a worse idea than invading Spain because of this tactic
- 26. intimidating time for the people of the French countryside
- 27. decapitating machine
- 28. government of France before the Revolution
Down
- 1. sudden seizure of political power
- 3. Horatio Nelson died here; great British naval victory
- 5. radical group wanting greater voice in government, lower prices, and more food
- 6. famous in Vietnam, but also used in Napoleonic Spain
- 8. French congress of 1791
- 11. Emperor of the French
- 12. the Duke of Wellington saved the day
- 13. a vote
- 15. an assembly of all the French social classes
- 18. ensured the writing of a French constitution
- 19. a public school in France
- 23. a uniform system of laws that still can be seen in the governments of many European nations
- 25. Napoleon strikes back