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French Revolution
French Revolution French III Final Exam Review
Question | Answer |
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King Louis XVI was known as the Sun King | False (King Louis XIV was the beloved Sun King) |
King Louis XIV was an absolute monarch | True |
King Louis XIV had the Palace of Versailles built and was the first king to live outside of Paris. | True |
King Louis XV was a beloved king. | False (He was detested by the French people) |
Some people blame King Louis XV for the French Revolution, even thought he was no longer in power when it began. | True |
The French Revolution began in 1789 | True |
The American Revolution began after the start of the French Revolution | False (It was actually one of the contributing factors to the French Revolution's beginning) |
Enlightenment philosophy can be considered a contributing factor in the beginning of the French Revolution. | True |
Marie Antoinette was seen as an articulate speaker and was well-liked by the French public until she said "Let them eat cake!" | False (She was disliked from day one, because she was Austrian.) |
The firing of Jacques Necker lead, in part, to the storming of the Bastille prison. | True |
The Reign of Terror was lead mostly by one man, Maximillian Robespierre. | True |
During the Thermidorian Reaction, many changes from the radical phase are reversed and Robespierre is executed. | True |