Across
- 3. king of france from 1754-1792
- 7. a families payment of one tenth of its income to a church
- 9. a French political theorist, physician, and scientist
- 10. a government-run public school in France.
- 13. a wave of senseless panic
- 16. a sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
- 17. an assembly of representatives from all three estates
- 19. Queen of france from 1755-1793
- 20. a French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789
Down
- 1. the three large social classes in france
- 2. Leading figure of the French Revolution; he was known for his intense dedication to the Revolution
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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.
- 6. 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.
- 8. a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.
- 11. a soldier who is paid to fight in a foreign army.
- 12. the social and political system of france
- 14. member of a radical political organization during the French Revolution.
- 15. people who leave their native country for political reasons
- 18. a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution
