Across
- 3. Stoming of ________ officially started the Frech Revolution.
- 6. Clergy: cardinals, archbishops, and bishops (10% of population)
- 7. Nobles the wealthier families (20% 0f population)
- 9. forceful overthrow of the government
- 13. Held meetings and began to run the country without the King’s input or approval
- 14. which estate was unhappy because they were straving and had no chance to move up
- 16. Device used to kill people during the French Revolution
- 19. A sudden seizure of political power in a nation
- 21. At the ________ The king held a meeting, the 3rd estate wanted to have a constitutional government set and have the 1st and 2nd estate pay taxes.
- 23. the urban middle class; merchants & professionals
- 24. Proclaimed all men were free and equal
- 25. Led the Reign of Terror
Down
- 1. French general during the French Revolution who seized power in France and eventually made himself emperor.
- 2. King of France from 1774 to 1792; he built the palace at Versailles as a means to consolidate absolute power
- 4. Dark and violent time during the French Revolution. Radical revolutionaries took over government
- 5. The battle that forced Neopoleon to surrender and be exiled to an island
- 8. Queen of France, wife of King Louis XVI
- 10. The battle in which the British navy defeated Napoleon forces
- 11. Napoleon _______ France by strenthen government, keeps declaration rights of man, and creates a national bank.
- 12. Bourgeoisie, and peasants (70% of the population)
- 15. is a system of government where all political power rests with one ‘absolute’ ruler
- 17. Laws established by Neopleon to eliminate injustices but limited liberty.
- 18. France was divided into 3 classes each called
- 20. first meeting held by the National Assembly to start the French Revolution
- 22. the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, while the peasants were obliged to live and work on their lord's land.