USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
A
Louis XVI
B
Napoleon Bonaparte
C
Marie Antoinette
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marie Antoinette was born November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria and was executed on October 16, 1793 at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France. While the Chapelle Expiatoire in Paris is dedicated to her and to her husband, King Louis XVI, she is buried at the Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis, France.

Detailed explanation-2: -As queen, Marie-Antoinette was always unpopular. She spent lavishly, but her extravagance was only a minor cause of France’s growing debt in the 1770s and ‘80s. Because of Louis XVI’s indecisiveness, Marie-Antoinette played an increasingly prominent political role.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Royal Family In 1770 the Dauphin Louis, future Louis XVI, married Marie Antoinette de Habsbourg-Lorraine, Archduchess of Austria. Together they had four children. Only the eldest, Madame Royale, born in 1778, and the Second Dauphin, born in 1785, survived to see the outbreak of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hint: Louis XVI of France was the last emperor of the Bourbon clan. He married Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I in 1770.

Detailed explanation-5: -It’s the 18th century at the Court of Versailles, the residence of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, a figure who is still controversial today. Born 1755 in Vienna, at the tender age of 14 Marie Antoinette marries heir to the French throne Louis-Auguste, who later became King Louis XVI of France.

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