French Revolution

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The French Revolution began in

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1789

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Why was France deep in debt?

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All of the above: money spent on the American Revolution, Marie Antoinette's lavish spending, the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes.

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The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from: the Declaration of Independence, the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, all of the above

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the Enlightenment

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Most of the people of France belonged to the: 1st Estate, 2nd Estate, 3rd Estate, 4th Estate

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3rd Estate

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The National Assembly set down the ideas of the Revolution in: the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the US Constitution, The Edict of Nantes

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the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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The Radicals eliminated anyone accused of being against the Revolution during

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the Terror

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Member of the Jacobins that came to power in France in 1793?

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Maximillien Robespierre

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What was the uniform set of laws established by Napoleon to limit freedom of speech and of the press in France called?

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Napoleonic Code

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What was Napoleon's most disastrous mistake as leader of France?

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Invasion of Russia

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During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the Guillotine?

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no one