French Revolution & Napoleon

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What is a long term cause of the French Revolution? Options: Financial Crisis- debt, high taxes, war, Louis XVI, Thomas Hobbes, Poor Harvests

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Financial Crisis- debt, high taxes, war

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Why was the Estate's General unfair?

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Each estate had one vote giving more power to the nobles and clergy

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Why did the Paris Mob storm the Bastille?

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Fear that the King would end the Revolution

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What did the members of the Estates General promise in the Tennis Court Oath?

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To meet until a new constitution was written.

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What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens?

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French Bill of Rights

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What's the significance of the Women's March on Versailles, Oct. 1789?

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Royal family dragged back to Paris as hostages

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How did the people view the Flight of Varennes?

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King betraying the French nation

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What caused the French Revolution to get Radical?

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External and Internal Threats

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Why was King Louis XVI executed?

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He was executed for treason and to make way for the Republic.

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What was the executive council that controlled the Reign of Terror?

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Committee of Public Safety