French Revolution

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Which of these helped inspire the French Revolution? The American Revolution, Enlightenment ideas, Poor people getting sick and tired of rich people having everything, all of those

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all of those

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Out in the countryside, the _______________ rose up against the _________.

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peasants, nobles

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A new government was formed, called the _____________________.

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National Convention

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The Jacobins, a powerful group in the National Convention, insisted that:

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the revolution had not gone far enough

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The Convention had King Louis put on trial and ____________________.

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executed on the guillotine

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The head of the Committee for Public Safety, __________________, was even executed, eventually.

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Maximilien Robespierre

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In what year did the French Revolution begin?

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1789

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Who became the leading figurehead for the revolutionaries?

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Maximilien Robespierre

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What marked the official outbreak of the revolution? Options: Tennis Court Oath, storming of the Bastille, signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, execution of Louis XVI

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storming of the Bastille

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What act formed the National Assembly? Options: storming of the Bastille, execution of Louis XVI, Tennis Court Oath, institution of the Terror, signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

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Tennis Court Oath