French Revolution Puzzle

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  1. 3. King from 1754 to 1793; Was a weak leader and extravagant spender; borrowed heavily in order to help the American revolutionaries in their war against Great Britain
  2. 4. A uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices. It actually limited liberty and promoted order and authority over individual rights
  3. 7. Austrian statesman and diplomat; he was the Austrian representative at the Congress of Vienna. He hated the republican form of government.
  4. 12. The political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution
  5. 14. Wife of Louis XVI; member of the royal family of Austria, France’s long-time enemy; had been unpopular from the moment she set foot in France. Was known as “ Madame Deficit” because she spent so much money on gowns, jewels, gambling, and gifts.
  6. 15. Large social classes
  7. 16. Acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803
  8. 17. passed laws and reforms in the name of the French people. It proclaimed the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of representative government.
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  1. 1. A great hero to the people of France; led a French army against the forces of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia. He swept into Italy and won a series of remarkable victories.
  2. 2. Members of a radical political organization involved in the governmental changes in September 1792.
  3. 5. Period of Maximilien Robespierre’s rule
  4. 6. Had the power to create laws and to approve or reject declarations of war. King still held the executive power to enforce laws.
  5. 8. Bands of Spanish peasant fighters who worked in small groups that ambushed French troops and then fled into hiding.
  6. 9. Jacobin leader who divided the year into 12 months of 30 days and renaming each month; wiped out every trace of France’s past and closed all churches in Paris.
  7. 10. The brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French king and again becoming emperor of France.
  8. 11. Document that guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.
  9. 13. A wave of senseless panic due to wild rumors circulating that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize the peasants. Peasants became outlaws themselves by burning down the manor houses.