How much do you know about the French Revolution ?
Across
- 8. A French jail
- 10. Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814.
- 12. 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
- 15. Liberty, Property, Security and resistance to oppression these natural rights were stated in the declaration of the Rights of mAn and of the Citizen
Down
- 1. Radical political groups in Paris organized a mob attack on the royal palace and Legislative Assembly.
- 2. 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
- 3. 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. THE RIGHT TO VOTE
- 5. Tax on poverty and land
- 6. Earth centered
- 7. middle class, members of the third estate, educated professionals, possibly worked in banking or industry
- 9. The last battle of Napoleon where he met his defeat
- 11. A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
- 13. one who has a strong opinion on an issue
- 14. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre