Across
- 2. French military leader who became Emperor after the Revolution
- 4. the common people of the lower classes in Paris, became radical revolutionaries
- 10. a fundamental document of the Revolution defining individual and collective rights
- 11. the old political and social system in France before the Revolution
- 13. a sudden and illegal seizure of power from a government
- 14. the highest class in society, typically holding hereditary titles and lands
- 17. the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values
- 18. a fortress in Paris stormed on July 14, 1789, starting the French Revolution
- 19. a form of government with a monarch at the head
- 20. a machine used for beheading people, symbol of the Reign of Terror
- 21. the five-man executive committee that ruled France from 1795-1799
- 22. the French civil code established under Napoleon
Down
- 1. the King of France executed during the Revolution
- 3. an assembly representing the three estates of France, called in 1789
- 5. a powerful group that led France during the Reign of Terror
- 6. the common people of France, made up 97% of the population
- 7. Estate the clergy of the Catholic Church in France
- 8. the nobility in French society
- 9. the revolutionary assembly formed by the Third Estate in 1789
- 12. a radical political club that led the Reign of Terror
- 15. a leading figure of the Revolution and architect of the Reign of Terror
- 16. a period during the French Revolution when thousands were executed