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