How much do you know about the French Revolution ?

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Across
  1. 2. A French jail
  2. 4. The last battle of Napoleon where he met his defeat
  3. 6. Long pants that French Revolutionaries wore. This dress represented the working class. They were a radical group made up of wage-earners, and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end of food shortages
  4. 7. one who has a strong opinion on an issue
  5. 8. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre
  6. 10. Liberty, Property, Security and resistance to oppression these natural rights were stated in the declaration of the Rights of mAn and of the Citizen
  7. 12. Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814.
  8. 13. THE RIGHT TO VOTE
  9. 14. Earth centered
  10. 15. middle class, members of the third estate, educated professionals, possibly worked in banking or industry
Down
  1. 1. Radical political groups in Paris organized a mob attack on the royal palace and Legislative Assembly.
  2. 3. A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
  3. 5. Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband
  4. 9. Tax on poverty and land
  5. 11. Describes rule under the Committee of Public Safety in which the committee instituted a systematic policy of curbing violence through frequent and mass execution in the interest of suppressing counterrevolutionary tendencies