The French Revolution

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Across
  1. 3. – Pledge by the Third Estate to create a new constitution.
  2. 5. – Palace of the French king, symbol of royal excess.
  3. 7. – Lists of grievances written by the three estates before the Estates-General.
  4. 8. – Working-class militants who supported the Revolution.
  5. 12. – Leader of the Committee of Public Safety and radical revolutionary.
  6. 14. – Ideal of brotherhood promoted during the Revolution.
  7. 16. – Radical political group during the Revolution.
  8. 18. – King of France who was executed during the Revolution.
  9. 19. – Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI, also executed.
  10. 20. – Period when the Committee of Public Safety executed thousands.
Down
  1. 1. – Revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate in 1789.
  2. 2. – Device used for executions during the Revolution.
  3. 4. – Principle stating all citizens should have equal rights.
  4. 6. – Wealthy middle class in the Third Estate.
  5. 9. – One of the main ideals of the Revolution.
  6. 10. – Document that proclaimed liberty, equality, and fraternity.
  7. 11. – The three social classes in pre-revolutionary France.
  8. 13. – The common people of France, who bore the heaviest taxes.
  9. 15. – Military leader who rose to power after the Revolution.
  10. 17. – The prison stormed by Parisians on July 14, 1789, marking the start of the revolution.