French Revolution Crossword

strong feeling of pride in and devotion to France that resulted from the new French national identity
weak indecisive king who pursued pleasures before serious business
from September 1793 to July 1794, revolutionary courts conducted hasty trials and executions of thousands of supposed traitors
government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarchy
French kings refused to call these into sessions because they feared nobles would use it to recover feudal powers lost under absolute rule
popular military hero who politicians turned to for support, but he outwitted them all and took control of france
working class men and women who pushed the revolutionaries to demand a republic
voted to end feudalism by abolishing their own privileges including feudal dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status, and exemption from taxes
new legislative body created when the radicals replaced the royalist government in Paris
mass levy or tax that required all citisens to support the war effort
vow to never separate and to meet whenever the circumstances might require until a sound and just constitution was established
advised the king to reduce extravagant court spending, reform government and abolish burdensome tariffs on internal trade
first step to writing a constitution, this document said all French men were born free and equal, had natural rights and were equal before the law
headed the National guard, a mostly middle-class militia organized in response to the arrival of royal troops in Paris
one cause of evonomic troubles in France defined as the government spending more money than it takes in
everyone in France was divided into three social classes in this old order
Middle class, sat at the top of the third estate
government set up by the Constitution of 1795 with a two house legislature elected only by male citizens with property
worn by male revolutionaries to show their support for the ideas of lerty and equality for all male citizens
nobles, clergy and others who fled Revolutionary France and told other European elite of attacks on their privileges, property, religion and lives