WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly?
A
National Assembly
B
Henry VIII
C
Paris Commune
D
Marie Antoinette
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the establishment of the Third Republic in September 1870 (under French chief executive Adolphe Thiers from February 1871) and the complete defeat of the French Army by the Germans by March 1871, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city on March 18.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France on November 9th/10th 1799. The coup of 18/19 Brumaire in the Year VIII of the republican calendar is generally taken to mark the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship.

Detailed explanation-3: -role in French Revolution Militants in the Paris Commune, the Revolutionary government of Paris set up by the capital’s 48 wards, or sections, gave the Legislative Assembly a deadline in which to suspend the king.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 18 resistance broke out in Paris in response to an attempt to remove the cannons of the guard overlooking the city. Then, on March 26, municipal elections, organized by the central committee of the guard, resulted in victory for the revolutionaries, who formed the Commune government.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Montagnards controlled the Convention during its second phase (June 1793 to July 1794). Because of the war and an internal rebellion, a revolutionary government with dictatorial powers (exercised by the Committee of Public Safety) was set up.

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