The Chaos of 1789
Across
- 3. The revolutionary government group that was meeting in Versailles to create new laws for France.
- 6. The primary group of people who started the march from Paris to the royal palace to protest high food prices.
- 7. The nickname given to King Louis XVI by the marchers
- 8. The name of the palace in Paris where the Royal Family was forced to live after leaving Versailles.
- 10. Relating to the old "______ system" of the Middle Ages, which the National Assembly worked to abolish.
- 12. The location of the grand palace outside of Paris where the King and Queen lived before being forced back to the city.
Down
- 1. A word used to describe someone who wants to make a complete and often violent change to the government.
- 2. The specific list of things (like food and lower prices) that the marchers insisted the King agree to.
- 4. The commander of the National Guard who followed the crowd to Versailles to keep the peace.
- 5. The main food source for the people of Paris; a shortage of this led to the famous march.
- 9. A state of total confusion and disorder, which broke out when the crowd forced their way into the palace.
- 11. The name for the taxes that people were forced to pay to the Church, which were canceled during the Revolution.