The French Revolution Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Social classes in France before the French Revolution. There were three.
  2. 6. Oath taken by 3rd Estate, promising to write a new constitution for France.
  3. 9. Declaration of the Rights of Man and ___________
  4. 11. Conference held after the defeat of Napoleon, led by Austria to erase the ideals of the French Revolution.
  5. 12. Educated, middle class people (Doctors, Lawyers, etc.)
  6. 13. A series of laws established by Napoleon that affected the lands he conquered throughout Western Europe.
  7. 15. Jacobin leader who become leader of Committee of Public Safety; goal was to make France a "Republic of Virtue"; instituted the Reign of Terror
  8. 17. Radical leaders of Legislative Assembly made up of mostly middleclass lawyers or intellectuals.
  9. 18. Queen of France who was disliked by the French people. She was executed in October 1793.
  10. 19. To give up power to rule.
  11. 21. Period during the Revolution from July 1793 to July 1794 when thousands of people were executed without fair trials.
  12. 22. Committee of Public _____________
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  1. 1. Old social class system of the 3 estates
  2. 2. Period of chaos caused by famine in which peasants rioted against nobles.
  3. 3. General and emperor; ended the period of revolution and violence in France
  4. 5. The legislative body of France. Each Estate was entitled to one vote on legislative matters.
  5. 7. Method of execution used during the Reign of Terror.
  6. 8. 5 man ruling body created by the Constitution of 1795; it was ineffective and corrupt.
  7. 10. Prison in Paris where political prisoners were held
  8. 14. Third Estate declared themselves this body; first new government during the first stage of the French Revolution
  9. 16. Pride in one's country or culture, often excessive in nature.
  10. 20. King of France during the Revolution; he was executed in January 1793.