French Revolution I Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• robespierre : this radical revolutionist leader gave many speeches, trying to convince the assembly to get rid of the king.
• gregorian calendar : 12 months/year; 28-31 days/month; 7 days/week
• jacobin : this radical leftist revolutionary group sat in the highest section of the meeting hall.
• reign of terror : this was the french revolution's most terrible stage.
• guillotine : this beheading machine was used by the revolutionaries to get rid of anyone who was against the revolution.
• revolutionary calendar : 12 months/year; 30 days/month; 10 days/decade
• national convention : this governing body formed to frame a new constitution after the removal of the king.
• dechristianization : this movement during the revolution sought to stamp out catholicism, and for some, all christianity.
• september massacre : this event of organized mobs broke into prisons & killed over 1000 people.
• girondists : this more conservative revolutionist group was eventually condemned by the more radical groups.
• bastille : this fortress-prison was stormed by the people of paris to obtain guns & gunpowder.
• constituent assembly : this group of people from all 3 states were locked out of the states-general meeting room.
• napolean bonaparte : this military genius became dictator over france directly after the french revolution.
• assignat : this paper currency was issued by the constituent assembly in an attempt to pay its debts.
• jean paul marat : this radical revolutionist was stabbed to death in his bathtub by girondist, charlotte corday.