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