Across
- 7. a king or queen with total power over a country
- 9. the leader of the Reign of Terror
- 10. the king of France during the French Revolution
- 13. the idea that people agree to be ruled in exchange for protection
- 14. rights that every person is born with, like life and freedom
- 17. the unfair social system in France with three classes: clergy, nobles, and common people
- 20. the largest group in France, made up of workers and peasants who had few rights
- 22. when angry citizens attacked a prison, starting the revolution
- 23. the queen of France who was disliked for spending too much money
- 25. a violent time during the revolution when many people were executed
Down
- 1. a time when the people of France fought for more rights and overthrew their king
- 2. an event where peasants revolted against landowners and burned the legal papers binding them to servitude
- 3. a machine used to cut off heads during the revolution
- 4. a type of government where people have the power to vote and choose leaders
- 5. a writer who fought for freedom of speech and religion
- 6. a huge and fancy palace built by Louis XIV to show his power
- 8. a famous absolute monarch of France known as the “Sun King”
- 11. a thinker who believed in separating government into three branches
- 12. clear thinking based on facts and logic, not faith or tradition
- 15. the rich land-owning class who had special privileges
- 16. dividing government into parts so no one gets too powerful
- 18. a time when people started to use reason and science to think about government and society
- 19. when one ruler or government controls everything
- 21. the belief that God gave the king the power to rule
- 24. an Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights and that people can change their government