American and French Revolution Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. / A group of representatives that make laws for the nation.
  2. 8. / A written plan of a government.
  3. 9. / A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
  4. 11. / The right and the power of a person or a nation to govern themselves.
  5. 12. / The wealthiest members of the 3rd estate.
  6. 16. / Members of the 3rd estate demanded guns and ammunition at the Bastille, a prison fortress in Paris, which began the French Revolution on July 14, 1789.
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  1. 1. / A group formed by the 3rd estate to write a new constitution.
  2. 2. / A national razor-used heavily in the Reign of Terror.
  3. 3. / An assembly that represented the entire French population through three groups, known as estates. King Louis XVI called this in May 1789 to discuss the financial crises.
  4. 4. / The July 20, 1789 pledge by the third estate (the National Assembly) to create a new constitution.
  5. 5. / Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
  6. 7. / A radical phase led by Robespierre that sent many people to the guillotine.
  7. 10. / A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the Storming of the Bastille in 1789.
  8. 13. / People who take extreme political positions.
  9. 14. / A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group.
  10. 15. / Social classes in France before the French Revolution. The 1st estate (clergy or church leaders) represented about 0.5% of the population, the 2nd estate (nobility) represented about 2%, and the 3rd estate represented everyone else.