Across
- 3. a period during the French Revolution after the First French Republic was established in which multiple massacres and public executions occurred in response to revolutionary fervor, anti-clerical sentiment.
- 4. In 1789, the French Revolution forced Louis XVI to leave _______ for Paris. The Palace would never again be a royal residence and a new role was assigned.
- 6. This used a large falling knife blade and was devised during the French Revolution. It was used as the official method of execution in France
- 10. radical Jacobin leader. During the "reign of Terror", he followed a policy of severe control and punishment. He eventually was executed by using the device guillotine.
Down
- 1. the broad orders of social hierarchy / The social classes in France.
- 2. On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the ______, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob
- 5. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
- 7. a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. He dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions
- 8. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in _____ and widespread starvation in the countryside. Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots.
- 9. He was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793.
