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All of thee issues were part of: -Maximilien Robespierre-Reign of Terror-The directory?
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the transition in the nature of the french revolution
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although Napoleon crowned himself emperor was generally welcomed as a leader by the people of France because he offered?
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stability
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Even though this group made up over 95% of the population in Eighteenth Centry France they had very few political or economic rights, which caused them to begin a revolution in 1789
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The Third Estate
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Following the era of the French Revolution (1789-1799), France?
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continued to experience class conflict and was ruled bu monarch
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Geography and harsh weather played a major role in napoleon's defeat during his invasion of?
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Russia
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He was the king of France when the French Revolution erupted in 1789.resulting in his execution in 1793?
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Louis XVI
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He was a French Military officer who was a key general during both the French and American Revolutionary wars.He volunteered his services.
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Prior to the French Revolution, Which class has the most people but the least political power?
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The third estate
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In 1792, the national convention voted to abolish the n=monarch and declared France
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a republic
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Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power came as?
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a French military hero
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She was the queen of France and was executed with her husband, Louis XVI, in 1793?
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Marie Antoinette
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The bourgeoisie were a part of which group during the French Revolution?
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The Third Estate
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The French Revolution (1789) began as a reaction to?
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unequal taxation
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The Napoleonic Code of 1804 was MOST important in World History because it?
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was one of the earliest successful attempts to establish the rule of law in Europe
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Which group would have been part of the third estate in the period immediately before the French Revolution?
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Lawyers,Doctors,Merchants,Peasants
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which was the result of napoleons unable to conquer?
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Britain
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What was the result of Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
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French defeat
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What historical period is associated with these events?-The storming of the Bastille-The Declaration of rights of Man and the Citizen-Reign of Terror
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The French Revolution
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The following event depicts the beginning of the French Revolution
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The storming of the Bastille
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This was the name of the group in the 18 Century France that was made up of the Clergy making up around 1% of the population and controlling roughly 10% of the country's land.
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The First Estate
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This is the name of the French prison that was stormed by peasants, making the beginning of the French Revolution?
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Bastille
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this is the name for the time period during the French Revolution (1790's) that was marked by massive in World History because it?
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Reign of Terror
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Which French leader was famously beheaded during the revolution there in the late 1700s'?
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Louis XVI
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This is the name given to the documents of the French Revolution that defined individual and government rights?
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
