The French Revolution & Napoleon

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Across
  1. 1. Huge war debt from the French and Indian War and American Revolution; Spending to fund luxurious lifestyle of the royal family; Depression; Slow trade; Bad harvests; Increasing food prices
  2. 5. Governing group created by the Third Estate after King Louis refused to let its members vote as individuals and locked them out of the meeting hall
  3. 6. Ruler with total power and control over all aspects of life in a nation
  4. 9. Overthrow of the government
  5. 11. Leader of the radical Jacobins who oversaw the Reign of Terror
  6. 12. French king and absolute monarch before and during the French Revolution. Lived a life of luxury
  7. 14. Declaration of Rights of Man; Equality; Democracy; Ended monarchy in France; Inspired revolutions in the future
  8. 19. Emperor of France and military general who led a conquest of much of Europe
  9. 20. Document that declared equal rights for all. It
  10. 21. Liberty – Equality - Fraternity
Down
  1. 2. Each estate acted on laws as a group. The Third Estate wanted each individual member’s choice counted separately.
  2. 3. First Estate: Clergy; Second Estate: Nobles; Third Estate: Commoners & Peasants
  3. 4. Group that ran France as dictators during the Reign of Terror
  4. 7. First Estate owned 10% of land. Paid no taxes; Second Estate owned 35% of land. Paid taxes only in war; Third Estate owned 55% of land. Paid almost all taxes
  5. 8. A monarch’s belief that their authority to rule came from God
  6. 10. Government in which the power of the king or queen is limited by law
  7. 11. Period of extreme violence targeting “enemies of the revolution.” It was led by the radical Jacobins.
  8. 13. The hated Paris prison that symbolized the king, his government and “everything that was wrong with France
  9. 15. The National Assembly’s pledge to remain together and not break up until France had a new
  10. 16. Louis XVI’s Austrian wife who was disliked by the French people for her luxurious lifestyle
  11. 17. Tool of execution used in France. Considered more humane and used equally for all classes.
  12. 18. A set of clear laws that applied to all members of French society.