French Revolution

1. Radical working-class revolutionaries
3. of the Rights of Man Document that declared “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
9. Form of government established after the monarchy was abolished
11. Assembly Revolutionary body formed by the Third Estate
12. Estate The common people of France who played a key role in the Revolution
13. XVII Son of Louis XVI, died in captivity during the Revolution
14. Directory Five-member committee that ruled France after the Reign of Terror
16. Symbolic fortress stormed on July 14, 1789
18. Lavish palace of the French monarchy
20. Device used for executions during the Revolution
21. Constitution of the Clergy Law that placed the Church under state control
22. Moderate revolutionary group that opposed the Jacobins
23. of the Bastille Event marking the start of the Revolution on July 14, 1789
25. Antoinette Queen of France, famous for “Let them eat cake”
26. Massacres Wave of killings of prisoners in 1792
27. Fear Widespread panic and peasant uprisings in 1789

2. Reaction Event that led to the fall of Robespierre
4. King of France executed during the Revolution
5. Device used for executions during the Reign of Terror
6. Radical group that led the Reign of Terror
7. Assembly of representatives from France’s three social classes
8. Tribunal Court that tried enemies of the Revolution
10. of Public Safety Powerful group that led the Reign of Terror
13. of Suspects Law that allowed the arrest of anyone suspected of being against the Revolution
15. Court Oath Pledge by the Third Estate to create a new constitution
17. of Terror Period of mass executions led by the Jacobins
19. Nobles who fled France during the Revolution
24. Revolutionary leader who was eventually executed himself