Across
- 4. a wave of senseless panic
- 9. the three large social classes in france
- 12. a pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
- 13. the social and political system of france
- 14. a sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
- 18. Leading figure of the French Revolution; he was known for his intense dedication to the Revolution
- 19. a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution
Down
- 1. an assembly of representatives from all three estates
- 2. Queen of france from 1755-1793
- 3. a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.
- 5. a government-run public school in France.
- 6. king of france from 1754-1792
- 7. the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.
- 8. a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789
- 10. a families payment of one tenth of its income to a church
- 11. a radical group made up of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end to food shortages.
- 15. a soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army.
- 16. member of a radical political organization during the French Revolution.
- 17. people who leave their native country for political reasons