Taylor
Across
- 2. mother of Marie Antoinette and empress of Austria
- 4. protected the revolution from enemies inside France
- 12. a person who tries to run out of a country; many nobles and clergy tried to flee France
- 13. the queen of France who spent millions of dollars on dresses and jewels and was beheaded nine months after her husband
- 15. led the national guard during the french revolution who fought alongside Washington
- 18. time period when countless nobles, clergy members, and royals were executed by the Third Estate
- 19. this was the method of execution during the French revolution
- 20. a journalist who demanded equality and rights for women; protested the declaration of the rights of man and citizen
- 22. radicals led by Robespierre who took the upper class out of power and executed them
- 24. where the Third Estate storm in search of weapons
- 25. a period of panic in France that was triggered by the lack of food
Down
- 1. a declaration started by Marie Antoinette's brother saying that they were going to go into France to save Marie Antoinette and stop the revolution
- 3. where Marie and Louis were caught trying to escape France by some french revolutionaries
- 5. the group of people who demanded that France had a republic instead of a monarchy
- 6. wanted a three part government so they could balance each other out
- 7. financial advisor to the king who urged Louis XVI to stop the royal court from spending and to tax the rich
- 8. protected the revolution from enemies outside of france
- 9. the government that ruled france for four years; bicameral; led by five different directors
- 10. the king of france who called the estates general into session for the first time after 175 years
- 11. a British philosopher who predicted that the French Revolution would end badly
- 14. an oath that the people of France took when they vowed to never rejoin the estates general and to demand a written constitution
- 16. red, white, and blue that became the French flag
- 17. included doctors, lawyers, professors, scholars,and merchants
- 21. the notebook where Louis XVI asked the people to write down their grievances with the monarch and the government
- 23. pride in one's country