Across
- 4. Battle in Belgium that was Napoleon's final defeat
- 5. the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
- 7. A pledge made by the members of France's National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution
- 9. French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
- 10. Medieval fortress that was converted to a prison stormed by peasants for ammunition during the early stages of the French Revolution.
Down
- 1. A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
- 2. (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"
- 3. Overthrew French Directory in 1799 and became emperor of the French in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.
- 6. A sudden overthrow of the government by a small group
- 8. Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilien Robespierre from 1793 to 1794.
