THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Across
  1. 2. Form of government France became in 1792-93 after the king was beheaded
  2. 3. Proposed a government based on a social contract.
  3. 4. French royal residence
  4. 6. Term used to describe the society and institutions of France before the French Revolution
  5. 8. The body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church
  6. 10. Device used for executions during the French Revolution
  7. 12. the radical political group that led the reign of terror
  8. 13. Common enemy of France and the American Colonies
  9. 17. The national anthem of France
  10. 21. Unit of currency in France discontinued in 1794
  11. 22. Battle where Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815
  12. 25. Priest who wrote "What is the Third Estate?"
  13. 28. Author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, advocating for women's rights
  14. 29. Symbol of royal power abolished during the Revolution.
  15. 30. Revolutionary working-class men known for wearing trousers instead of knee breeches.
Down
  1. 1. Extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered, frequently occurring in France during the Old Regime.
  2. 5. Fortress stormed by the people on 14 July 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution.
  3. 7. Five-member committee that ruled France
  4. 9. Political body in France that the three estates sent their representatives to
  5. 11. Native or inhabitant of Paris
  6. 14. Symbol representing the act of becoming free from oppression.
  7. 15. a tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.
  8. 16. Leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror
  9. 18. Port city that played a significant role in the slave trade and transport of enslaved Africans.
  10. 19. Louis XVI was married to this Austrian princess
  11. 20. Louis XVI belonged to the royal line of this family
  12. 23. Abolished in 1789, allowing freedom of speech and expression in France.
  13. 24. Proposed the division of power within government in "The Spirit of the Laws."
  14. 26. Noble who supported the abolition of feudal privileges and led the National Assembly..
  15. 27. Refuted the divine and absolute right of the monarch in "Two Treatises of Government."