French Revolution

5. a form of government with a monarch at the head.
12. a royal house in France
13. a commitment to a national constitution and representative government, taken by delegates at the Estates-General at Versailles
16. country in North America
17. War was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French
21. supreme law of the United States of America
22. a Palace in France
23. the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
24. intellectual and philosophical movement
25. the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.

1. a religious church that was popular in Europe
2. generally referred to as simply Montesquieu
3. nobles
4. a radical change in the established order
6. enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.
7. the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
8. commoners
9. clergy
10. a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert
11. the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament
14. a group of people who are related
15. a major historic event in France
18. dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power
19. French for "former regime"
20. 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris