French Revolution and Napoleon Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. formal agreement
  2. 4. invading Spain was a terrible idea
  3. 7. helped get the French king executed; extremely radical
  4. 9. French congress of 1789
  5. 10. tried to wipe out every trace of French royalty; executed everyone connected to those who opposed the Revolution
  6. 14. people afraid of political imprisonment
  7. 16. comprised of either clergy, nobility, or the rest of the population
  8. 17. cutting off commerce
  9. 20. unfortunate and decapitated king
  10. 21. Napoleon's great scheme against Britain
  11. 22. did not say let them eat cake; spent extravagantly
  12. 24. invading Russia was probably a worse idea than invading Spain because of this tactic
  13. 26. intimidating time for the people of the French countryside
  14. 27. decapitating machine
  15. 28. government of France before the Revolution
Down
  1. 1. sudden seizure of political power
  2. 3. Horatio Nelson died here; great British naval victory
  3. 5. radical group wanting greater voice in government, lower prices, and more food
  4. 6. famous in Vietnam, but also used in Napoleonic Spain
  5. 8. French congress of 1791
  6. 11. Emperor of the French
  7. 12. the Duke of Wellington saved the day
  8. 13. a vote
  9. 15. an assembly of all the French social classes
  10. 18. ensured the writing of a French constitution
  11. 19. a public school in France
  12. 23. a uniform system of laws that still can be seen in the governments of many European nations
  13. 25. Napoleon strikes back