Crossword Clues
Coup / A sudden seizure of power
Montesquieu / He wrote On the Spirit of Laws
Hobbes / He believed all people are selfish; absolute monarchy is the best form of government
Locke / He believed people are reasonable and are able to self-govern
Voltaire / He wrote over 70 books; fought for tolerance and freedom
Rousseau / Philosophe who believed titles of nobility should be abolished; inspired the French
Revolution
Beccaria / Philosophe who influenced criminal law reform
Wollstonecraft / She wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Blockade / Forcible closing of ports
Nationalism / Pride in one’s country or loyalty to one’s own country
Russia / Napoleon’s invasion of this country led to his downfall
Balance / One of the goals of the Congress of Vienna;
of Power
Bread / Main food eaten by the French during the Revolution
Bastille / Place where gunpowder was kept in France; people raided it during the French Rev.
Marat / Name of the man who edited the French newspaper, “The People’s Friend”
Robespierre / The Leader of the French Revolution; nicknamed “The Incorruptible”
Republic / After Louis XVI is executed France becomes this form of government
Church / The organization that the Revolution tries to destroy during the Reign of Terror
Divine Right / Idea that God created the monarchy and that the Monarch acted as God’s representative
on Earth
Versailles / Name of the Palace Louis XIV had built
English Civil War / Fought between the Royalists and the Roundheads
Cromwell / Name of the Puritan General who helped the Roundheads win the War
Restoration / The term used for Charles II’s reign
Constitutional / Type of monarchy where laws limit the ruler’s power
Cabinet / group of government ministers or officials
Social Contract / Hobbes’s idea that people need to hand over their rights to the government, and in
return they get law and order
Enlightenment / Intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals
to solve problems
Philosophe / French for “philosopher”; social critics
Estates / Social classes in France before the French Revolution; there were three of them
Napoleon / French military genius who ruled as Emperor
Absolute / Parliament’s financial power was an obstacle to this type of monarchy
Peninsular / This war was fought between France and Spain; it was one of Napoleon’s three mistakes
Sun / Louis XIV was known as the
King
James I / This King took the throne after Elizabeth I; He was the first King from the Stuart Family
Charles I / This English King was put on trial for treason and executed
James II / This King was unpopular because he was Catholic; He is overthrown by William and Mary
Catholics / In France there were many religious wars between Huguenots and
Edict /
of Nantes was a declaration of religious tolerance
Bill of Rights / William and Mary along with Parliament passed this to make clear limits of royal power,
and to ensure liberties of the people
Waterloo / This battle was in Belgium; final defeat of Napoleon