French Revolution Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of World History (General) has 20 clues. Answers range from 7 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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queen of France before the Revolution; known for her lavish lifestyle and constant spending and gambling; eventually executed (two words)
King of France from 1774 to 1792; his unpopular policies helped trigger the French Revolution. He was executed by guillotine (two words)
made up of Bourgeoisie, urban lower class, and peasant farmers (two words)
Class of French society made up of the nobility (two words)
Class in French society made up of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church (two words)
Radical republicans during the French Revolution (one word)
The period 1793-1794 in revolutionary France when suspected traitors were beheaded in great numbers (three words)
important naval defeat for Napoleon; when the British commander Horatio Nelson split the larger French fleet and captured many ships (three words)
when Napoleon left exile to once again take power in France, European forces quickly took up arms and ended Napoleon's last bid for power (three words)
Louis XVI's royal prison which was attacked on July 14, 1789 (one word)
Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it (one word)
War fought by French against the British. It was fought abroad in both the United States and other parts of the world. Led to a significant deficit (three words)
Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility (one word)
a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions (one word)
a system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power (two words)
a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution (one word)
popular military hero who politicians turned to for support, but he outwitted them all and took control of France (one word)
a balance between the countries of Europe, so that no country can threaten each other (three words)
a person who has outlandish ideas or opinions (one word)
revolutionary leader who tried to wipe out every trace of France's past monarchy and nobility (one word)

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