USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
THE KING’S PALACE WHERE KING LOUIS & MARIE ANTOINETTE LIVED ____ AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE.
A
PARIS
B
AUSTRIA
C
VERSAILLES
D
VONDAY
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Palace of Versailles is an opulent complex and former royal residence outside of Paris. It has held sway in the public imagination for years because of its architectural grandeur and political history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marie Antoinette | Palace of Versailles.

Detailed explanation-3: -The history of the Palace of Versailles Three Bourbon Kings lived there: King Louis XIV, his great-grandson King Louis XV and the last one was King Louis XVI, the grandson of Louis XV.

Detailed explanation-4: -From his base in Versailles, Louis XIV ruled over a centralised, absolutist state which revolved entirely around him. The King lived in the main wing of the palace, on the first floor, in a suite of three apartments reserved for his use.

Detailed explanation-5: -1774-92), his wife Queen Marie Antoinette (1755-93), and their children attempted to escape from Paris on the night of 20-21 June 1791. They made it to the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested and returned to Paris.

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