USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do Louis XVI, Olympe de Gouges, Robespierre and Marie Antoinette have in common?
A
They were leaders of France.
B
The believed in Enlightened ideas.
C
They were radicals.
D
They were all beheaded by the guillotine.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. Marie Antoinette’s position at court improved when, after eight years of marriage, she started having children.

Detailed explanation-2: -The guillotine was also used to execute Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and Maximilien Robespierre, the man responsible for the Reign of Terror. King Louis XVI, who had formerly been the absolute monarch of France but was reduced in stature during the revolution, tried to flee the country with his wife, Marie Antoinette.

Detailed explanation-3: -The next January, Louis was convicted and condemned to death by a narrow majority. On January 21, he walked steadfastly to the guillotine and was executed. Nine months later, Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a tribunal, and on October 16 she followed her husband to the guillotine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inside The Death Of Marie Antoinette Shortly before she met the guillotine at the Place de la Révolution, most of her snow-white locks were cut off. At 12:15 p.m., she stepped on the scaffold to greet Charles-Henri Sanson, the notorious executioner who had just beheaded her husband 10 months earlier.

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