Across
- 2. A group of citizens who are given limited training to fight in the military in case of an emergency
- 4. fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789
- 6. Members of a radical political group that led the French government from mid-1793 to mid-1794.
- 10. An assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, social classes, in France
- 11. a member of the French moderate republican party in power 1791-93 during the French Revolution, so called because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde.
- 12. A person who represents, or acts for, others at a meeting such as a convention or a conference
- 13. A sudden overthrow of the government
- 14. A quick or sudden political or social change
Down
- 1. people who support having a king or queen as head of government. During the time of the French Revolution, __________ were those who wanted to keep the monarchy rather than be governed as a republic.
- 2. A government ruled by a king or queen
- 3. A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority
- 5. An organization or alliance of several groups joined together
- 7. Members of the middle class of society
- 8. A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon
- 9. A condition under which a person or corporation is declared unable to pay debts