The French Revolution/Napoleon Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 1. A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
  2. 3. An intellectual movement in Europe during the late 17th and early 18th century emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
  3. 4. The body,or social class, of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church.
  4. 9. A document adopted in France during 1789 declaring that all men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
  5. 14. The prominent killing mechanism of the French Revolution which was used to behead thousands of people.
  6. 15. A royal chateau built 20k outside of Paris where French royalty lived until 1789 when King Louis XVI and his family were forced to move back to Paris.
  7. 16. A five-man board makeshift government which was installed in 1795 and lasted 4 years and was overthrown by Napoleon.
  8. 19. People who focus on altering social structure through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways.
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  1. 2. An oath in France created by the third estate in 1789, signifying, for the first time, that the citizens were in opposition of the king.
  2. 5. The queen of France during the reign of her husband King Louis XVI who was originally born in Austria and was executed, like her husband, during the French Revolution.
  3. 6. A fortress in Paris which was used as the King's prison until it was demolished by citizens in 1789.
  4. 7. A period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution where an estimated 40,000 people were executed for being "enemies of the revolution".
  5. 8. The king of France from 1774 to to 1792 and was executed during the French Revolution in 1793.
  6. 10. An assembly representing the French states of the realm brought together after a 175 year break in 1789.
  7. 11. A form of government in which a monarch has absolute power among his or her people.
  8. 12. A very influential person in the French Revolution who led the Revolutionary government through the Reign of Terror before he was arrested and guillotined in 1794.
  9. 13. The capitol city of France and the center of the French Revolution.
  10. 17. Levels of the hierarchy which France was guided by for centuries.
  11. 18. The French military and political leader who overthrew the French Directory and ruled France until 1815 when he successfully exiled to St. Helena.