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What happened on July 14th 1789?

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Storming of the Bastille

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What was the name of the French King’s wife?

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Marie Antoinette

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What nationality was the French King’s wife?

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Austrian

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How many estates were there in the Estates-General?

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3

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What was the Tennis Court Oath?

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The oath taken that the 3rd estate would set up a National Assembly

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When was the Tennis Court Oath taken?

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20th June 1789

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What were the 2 causes of the French Revolution?

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Taxation of the 3rd estate, Absolute monarch, Poverty, bad harvests, national debt, lavish lifestyle of the nobility

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What was the name of the Radical Jacobin who presided over the Reign of Terror?

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Robespierre

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Which revolutionary was murdered whilst in the bath?

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Marat

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What is the origin of right and left wing?

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Where the radicals and moderates sat in the National Assembly

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Where did the King of France reside?

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Palace of Versailles

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Which Whig politician spoke out against the French Revolution?

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Edmund Burke

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Who wrote the book called the Rights of Man?

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Tom Paine

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How many copies did the Rights of Man sell?

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200,000

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When was the Rights of man published?

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1791

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What happened at the Copenhagen fields in 1795?

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More than 100,00 people demonstrated for more political rights

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Why was the London Corresponding Society formed?

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To pressurise the government into making political reforms

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What did the Sheffield Society create in 1792?

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A petition to parliament asking for political reform

19
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Name 2 Whig MPs who supported the French Revolution?

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Charles James Fox, Earl Grey

20
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Name a law that the government passed in 1795 to stop revolution from happening in Britain

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The Treasonable Practices act and The Seditious Meetings Act

21
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Name 2 other ways that the government responded to the threat of the French Revolution

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Banned Rights of Man, spy network set up, tax on newspapers

22
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Why did many people turn away from the French Revolution from 1793 onwards?

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Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815

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