french revolution
Across
- 1. legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth
- 6. the eldest son of the King of France
- 7. group of five men who held the executive power in France
- 10. Last name of a physician, political theorist and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical journalist
- 11. a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles
- 14. form of tax in France before the revolution
- 16. a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures
- 17. the period of the French Revolution (1793 -1794) when the ruling Jacobin faction, ruthlessly executed anyone considered a threat to their command
- 18. A pledge taken by revolutionaries that essentially said they would continue to meet until a stable constitutional government was established
- 20. an official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair
- 22. the national anthem of France.
- 23. the elected government in France during the first part of the Revolution
- 24. Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI (1774–1793)
Down
- 2. A term loosely applied to the lower classes in France during the revolution
- 3. the process or period of gathering crops
- 4. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws
- 5. a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities
- 8. a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status
- 9. French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington
- 11. is one of the major and largest public squares in Paris It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
- 12. king of France (1774 -1792) his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution
- 13. motto of the French revolution (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)
- 15. Last name of the French revolutionary leader and orator
- 19. a ball-and-court game that originated in France
- 21. The leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of terror
- 24. was a leader of the early stages of the French revolution. A noble, before 1789 he was involved in numerous scandals that left his reputation in ruins.