Across
- 3. The absolute king of France who was overthrown and executed during the French Revolution.
- 5. A political system in which a centralized ruler holds unrestricted, total power over a state.
- 8. An agreement where individuals give up certain freedoms in exchange for social order and protection.
- 10. A system where a king or queen rules, but their power is limited by a legal document.
- 13. An era that applied scientific thinking and logic to human society, politics, and government.
- 14. A former slave who became the brilliant military general and leader of the Haitian Revolution.
- 15. A successful slave revolt that resulted in freedom from French rule and a new republic.
Down
- 1. Radical Jacobin leader who headed the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
- 2. Philosopher who argued that governments exist to protect people's natural rights.
- 4. Montesquieu’s theory that government should be divided into branches to prevent tyranny.
- 6. A fundamental privilege that all people are born with, such as life, liberty, and property.
- 7. French military general who seized power, crowned himself Emperor, and conquered most of Europe.
- 9. The belief that an absolute monarch's authority to rule comes directly from God.
- 11. Venezuelan leader who spearheaded independence movements across northern South America against Spain.
- 12. A violent phase of the French Revolution resulting in thousands of executions by guillotine.