French Revolution

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Why is France drowning 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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Who belongs to the First Estate in the grand society of France?

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all of the above

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Who made up the Second Estate?

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Nobility

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In France, to which estate do most people belong?

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3rd Estate

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When the citizens of Paris heard that the military was marching to crush their uprising, what was their bold response, as if led by Napoleon himself?

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storm the Bastille

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In 1789, the famished women of Paris marched to Versailles and...

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forced the King to return to Paris

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What day shall be forever remembered as the storming of the Bastille, the spark that ignited the flames of revolution in France?

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July 14, 1789

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What was the significance of the Storming of the Bastille?

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It represented a challenge to the Old Regime.

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From where does the idea of a society where reason, not tradition, leads to glory and revolution originate?

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the Enlightenment

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What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?

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it led to a new constitution for France