history crossword

1. the period from mid-1793 to mid-1794 during which the Committee of Public Safety imprisoned and executed people they suspected of being disloyal to the revolution
4. a prison-fort in Paris that was stormed in the early days of the French Revolution
8. the principle that governments get their power from the people, which was explained by Rousseau
12. a religious movement in Europe that split the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s
13. the name of the shogunate that ruled over Japan from 1603 to 1867
14. a French military general who ruled France in the early 1800s as a dictator until his final defeat in 1815
15. this was the religion of Elizabeth I; it became the most widely practiced religion in England
16. this empire ruled Turkey and parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East starting in the 1500s, their capital was at Constantinople
18. this religion/philosophy was dominant in China under the Ming and Qing dynasties and influenced society and the economy heavily
19. American General who led the patriot troops against the British in the American Revolution
21. this philosophe wrote about the importance of the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances in government

2. this device was invented to execute people more humanely and was used frequently in executions in the French Revolution
3. a word that means "rebirth" and refers to the philosophical and artistic movement in Europe that centered on a revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
5. a document that Parliament forced the English king to sign in 1215 that limited the power of the king
6. an intellectual movement in the late 1600s and 1700s that focused on applying rational thought and logic to human society
7. the House of ___ became the most powerful house in the English Parliament during the 1600s
9. A semi-secret Protestant organization formed in Ireland to oppose the Catholics, which later became supported by the authorities
10. an invention from the 1450s in Europe that helped spread written information, including ideas from the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution
11. this group built an empire that, at its peak, controlled territory all the way from East Asia to Eastern Europe; it lasted from about 1206 to 1368
17. the name for the first five years of Napoleon's rule, named for the form of the government
20. this English philosopher believed that humans are born into a state of nature and the only way to prevent chaos is to live under a ruler who has absolute power