Across
- 1. A political club in France which consisted of Revolutionaries from the 3rd estate.
- 6. justified French expansionism
- 7. Danton A famous leader of the sans-culottes and Paris Commune who sought revenge on those who aided the king and resisted popular will
- 8. a citizen had to be over 21, resident one year in his department and not a domestic servant
- 10. the name the Montagnards gave to their relatively more moderate opponents
- 12. Marat The leader of the Committee of Public Safety and a revolutionary
- 14. Court Oath A meeting of the National Assembly on June 20, 1789 to draft a constitution for France
- 16. of Public Safety A group of 12 men appointed by the National Convention in 1793 to rid France of both foreign and domestic threats
- 19. were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France
- 21. de Gouges a French playwright and political activist
- 23. Code A law code developed by Napoleon that preserved the gains of the French Revolution by recognizing the equality of all citizens before the law
- 24. of Wellington Commander of the English and Prussian armies who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
Down
- 2. denoted an inhabitant of a walled town
- 3. d’etat an overthrow
- 4. Estate the clergy
- 5. of Terror a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.
- 6. Bonaparte A French army general who succeeded in taking over France through a coup d’état during the later years of the French Revolution
- 9. had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country
- 11. of feudalism obligations that survived from an earlier age and included the payment of fees for the use of village facilities, such as the flour mill, community oven, and winepress.
- 13. the top-level Government of France from the fall of the Directory
- 15. Estate the nobility
- 17. XVI King of France from 1774-1793
- 18. of the Rights of Man and Citizen A charter of basic liberties that was adopted by the National Assembly on August 26, 1789
- 20. Estate the townspeople
- 22. Robespierre He was a leader of the sans-culottes and Paris Commune during the French Revolution
