French Revolution Crossword Puzzle

A themed crossword with 33 clues to draw from. Find the people, events, places, and ideas behind France’s revolution, from the storming of the Bastille to Napoleon’s rise.

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About the French Revolution Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers the French Revolution of 1789 and the upheaval that reshaped France. Its words include the Bastille, the Estates-General, the Reign of Terror, and figures such as Robespierre and Marie Antoinette. It is suited to students of world history and anyone interested in revolutions, political change, and the people and events that brought an end to the French monarchy.

This crossword draws on 33 clues about French Revolution. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

  • •Revolutionary legislature that met in 1789 (8 letters)
  • •Revolutionary leader and skilled orator guillotined in 1794 (6 letters)
  • •Three social orders of pre-revolutionary France (7 letters)
  • •Rural panic and revolt in summer 1789 (9 letters)
  • •Ideal paired with equality and fraternity (7 letters)
  • •General who crowned himself emperor in 1804 (8 letters)
  • •Government without a hereditary monarch (8 letters)
  • •Clergyman who wrote What Is the Third Estate? (6 letters)

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