Unit #6 Vocabulary Assignment
Across
- 1. The most radical political faction of the French Revolution who ruled France during the Reign of Terror.
- 3. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815
- 7. A vow by members of the 3rd estate
- 10. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
Down
- 2. The middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
- 4. French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804.
- 5. A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789
- 6. Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
- 8. A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group
- 9. The period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front.