THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Across
  1. 3. Assembly – Formed by the Third Estate to write a constitution (Across)
  2. 5. – Heavy burden placed on peasants and commoners (Down)
  3. 8. de Gouges – Wrote Declaration of the Rights of Woman (Down)
  4. 10. – Result of costly wars, including the American Revolution (Across)
  5. 11. to Varennes – Failed escape attempt by the king and queen (Across)
  6. 13. – Meeting of France’s three estates in 1789 (Across)
  7. 15. – Device used for executions (Across)
  8. 16. Court Oath – Pledge by the National Assembly not to disband (Down)
  9. 19. Antoinette – Queen accused of extravagance, also executed (Across)
  10. 20. – Movement that inspired revolutionary ideas (Across)
  11. 21. – Form of government declared after abolishing the monarchy (Down)
Down
  1. 1. – Radical political group led by Robespierre (Down)
  2. 2. – Leader of the Committee of Public Safety (Down)
  3. 4. – Paris prison stormed in July 1789 (Across)
  4. 6. of Public Safety – Government body leading the Terror (Down)
  5. 7. – System of government overthrown in 1792 (Across)
  6. 9. XVI – King executed by guillotine in 1793 (Across)
  7. 10. of the Rights of Man – Revolutionary document inspired by Enlightenment (Across)
  8. 11. – Food shortage that caused riots (Across)
  9. 12. – Fate of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (Across)
  10. 14. March – Event where women demanded bread at Versailles (Across)
  11. 17. of Terror – Period of mass executions (Across)
  12. 18. – Main grievance of the Third Estate (Across)