World History Unit 6

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  1. 3. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
  2. 6. (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"
  3. 8. French middle class
  4. 9. Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
  5. 10. The most radical political faction of the French Revolution who ruled France during the Reign of Terror.
Down
  1. 1. Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.
  2. 2. a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
  3. 4. In colonial Spanish America, term used to describe someone of European descent born in the New World. Elsewhere in the Americas, the term is used to describe all nonnative peoples.
  4. 5. 1783-1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
  5. 7. The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815, which ended his last bid for power