The Crisis of the French Revolution Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. His financial plan failed due to the death of a monarch
  2. 4. The king of France during the crisis. He was incompetent and his lack of political skill led to the worsening of debt and relations between aristocrats and the monarchy
  3. 5. Helped circulate scandals throughout Paris and beyond
  4. 9. The first Minister of Finance under Louis XVI
  5. 14. The majority of French farmers were a part of this social group
  6. 15. The tax that multiple French ministers of finance sought to implement
  7. 18. Report by France’s Royal Director-General of Finances in 1781
  8. 19. As a result of the revolution, thousands of French people would be _____.
  9. 21. An adjective commonly used to describe Marie Antoinette’s lifestyle
  10. 22. The war with Great Britain that was the origin of French debt
  11. 23. French term for the contribution the church made to the monarchy in lieu of taxes
  12. 25. The assembly that rejected the minister of finance’s ambitious plan in 1786
  13. 26. Food shortages affected this location most
  14. 29. An unpopular tax on salt that contributed to economic tensions in the 1780s in France
  15. 32. The primary faith of France that would be challenged during the Revolution
  16. 34. The king of France in 1770 whose death prevented implementation of taxes on the nobility
  17. 37. Industry that dominated domestic French economy, accounting for 75% of all production
  18. 38. Parlements used language advocating for this in order to defend their cause
  19. 39. The French legislative body that Assemblies looked to for reform during this crisis. The summoning of this group segued into the moderate phase of the revolution
  20. 41. The number of years the standoff between aristocracy and nobility lasted
  21. 42. The French Revolution brought to the forefront concerns of this type of equality
Down
  1. 1. The Sun King who made the process of negotiation between aristocracy and the monarchy more difficult
  2. 2. Sexually scanalous wife of king
  3. 6. The foreign war that deepened French debt
  4. 7. A british farmer and diarist who observed signs of early revolution in France during the 1780s
  5. 8. The ideas of this group and Montesquieu influenced Parlement
  6. 10. Spoke for aristocratic interests and portrayed the monarchy as despotic. Main opponent of monarchy during this time
  7. 11. Group that worsened economic crisis by refusing to extend credit to the monarchy
  8. 12. The hometown of Marie Antoinette
  9. 13. French term for unpaid peasant labor
  10. 16. Enlightenment philosopher that influenced the arguments of the Parlement
  11. 17. Minister of finance who also sought to introduce a land tax after realizing the extent of French debt
  12. 20. The palace where French nobility and monarchy lived
  13. 24. The method of ruling that was the root of tensions between nobility and aristocracy
  14. 27. Farming in France still resembled this era in history
  15. 28. New minister of finance in 1786 who wanted to introduce a land tax that all landowners would have to pay regardless of status
  16. 30. The French aristocrats shared some interests with this group
  17. 31. The assembly dominated by aristocrats that rejected a request for a subsidy and lowered their voluntary contribution to the government
  18. 33. Comprising of cities and their surrounding areas, it was hit hard by poor harvest
  19. 35. What the Minister of Finance requested from an Assembly in order to fund the debt
  20. 36. The marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette was for ______ relations.
  21. 40. Vast majority of Parisian wages were spent on this commodity