French Revolution Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries (8)
  2. 4. Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles (10)
  3. 8. The historic period during the French Revolution when thousands were executed (13)
  4. 9. The common people (11)
  5. 10. The clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain (11)
  6. 11. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (10)

Down

  1. 1. King of France from 1774 to 1792 (8)
  2. 2. The nobility in France and the peerage in Britain (12)
  3. 5. French revolutionary (11)
  4. 6. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  5. 7. European country famous for the Eiffel Tower (6)