MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Question
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The most famous victim of the reign of terror was:
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Marie Anoinette former Queen of France
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George Danton
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Jean Paul Marat
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Olympe de Gouges
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, is best remembered for her legendary extravagance and her death: she was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror at the height of the French Revolution in 1793 for the crime of treason.
Detailed explanation-2: -Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette (1755–93) is famous for being overthrown by revolutionaries and being publicly guillotined following the abolition of the monarchy in France.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nine months after the execution of her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France, Marie Antoinette follows him to the guillotine on October 16, 1793.
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