The French Revolution
Across
- 3. leading member of the committee of public safety
- 4. an assertion (argument) that presents specific view and must be proven with research
- 5. Antoinette married Louis XVI, 14 when married, loved partying, spent a lot of money, charming, lighthearted
- 8. The working middle class
- 11. 97% of the population, split into three groups, lacked privileges, payed 50% of their income in taxes
- 13. The enlightenment, American revolution, unfair social and tax structures in France under the old Regime, abuse of power of the king and queen, food shortages.
- 15. He is known as the greatest officer in the history of royal navy
- 16. tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions
- 18. a period of violence during the French Revolution between 2 rival political fractions
- 19. mode of rule or management
- 20. not bound by traditional constraints
Down
- 1. Executed for murdering someone
- 2. He defeated the Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo
- 6. nobility
- 7. owned 10% of the land, payed no taxes, less than 1% of the population
- 9. having extreme views on a particular subject; wanting extreme change
- 10. executed for being second estate, blinked after being executed
- 12. He fought Napoleon during the Napoleonic war and helped form the coalition that defeated the emperor of the French
- 14. married Mary Antoinette, executed for treason, shy, indecisive, loved working with locks and clocks
- 17. rich nobles, 2% of the population, owned 20% of the land, richest people in the country