French Revolution Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 3. - a political party during the French Revolution, very radical in their beliefs; members of the Jacobin Club
  2. 5. - literally means “blow to the state,” a term used to describe a forcible takeover of a government
  3. 10. - The international meeting of the countries that defeated Napoleon, splitting up Europe to set up a balance of power and avoid future wars.
  4. 11. - the three large social classes of France: the Church, the Nobles, and the People
  5. 12. - The time period during which France was ruled by Robespierre and the Committee on Public Safety, when many French people were executed for being “enemies of the republic.”
  6. 13. - the machine used for executions in France. Used a sharp, weighted blade to sever the head instantly
  7. 14. - Also known as the “Old Regime.” The social and political system of France before the French Revolution; based on feudalism and having three classes of people, called “estates.”
Down
  1. 1. - Leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror; wanted to have a “republic of virtue” and wipe out all traces of France’s past
  2. 2. - A Corsican famed for his military genius, who took over the French government and became the Consul and then Emperor of France
  3. 4. - an assembly of representatives from all three estates, in which each of the three estates had only one vote.
  4. 6. - acronym for the document that laid out a constitutional foundation for France.
  5. 7. - The pledge of the National Assembly to stay together until they had completed a constitution for France
  6. 8. - the name the Third Estate gave to themselves after they withdrew from the Estates-General; this becomes the legislative part of the French Government
  7. 9. - the wave of panic in the French countryside that spread the French Revolution after the Storming of the Bastille