USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country was Marie Antoinette the princess of before she married Prince Lois XVI of France in a political marriage that united the two countries transforming them from enemies to friends?
A
Germany
B
Prussia
C
England
D
Austria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1755, Marie Antoinette married the future French king Louis XVI when she was just 15 years old. The young couple soon came to symbolize all of the excesses of the reviled French monarchy, and Marie Antoinette herself became the target of a great deal of vicious gossip.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marie Antoinette, also known as Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne, was married to Louis XVI in the hopes that the marriage would strengthen ties between Austria and the Kingdom of France.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1789, faced with a grave financial crisis, the king summoned a meeting of the Estates General at the palace. Later that year, ceding to popular pressure, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left Versailles for Paris. Both died by the guillotine in 1793.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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