HISTORY: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY PEOPLE

Question 1

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• King Louis XVI
• Idealized image

Answer 1

• (1754-1793)
• Dauphin (next in line to the throne)
• 16 years old age = Married to Marie-Antoinette (a diplomatic married to confirm peaceful relations with Austria)
• 1775 = Crowned King of France
• Louis ignored Turgot’s sensible advice of not excessively spending in times of hardship
• Decided to join American War of Independence = led to 1780s financial crisis

Question 2

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• Marie-Antoinette

Answer 2

• (1755-1793)

- Used to consolidate a peace treaty between France and Austria

Question 3

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• Calonne

Answer 3

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Question 4

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• Biennre

Answer 4

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Question 5

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• Duc d’ Orleans

Answer 5

• (1747-1793)
• Member of the royal family
• Turned against the monarchy
• Joined the Society of Thirty (Suggested a constitutional monarchy)
• Open us his buildings of the Paris-Royal to radical speakers
• Tried to march with the Third Estate

Question 6

KEY PEOPLE / SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUAL

• Duc d’ Orleans part 2

Answer 6

• (1747-1793)
• Member of the royal family
• Turned against the monarchy
• Joined the Society of Thirty - 1788 (Suggested a constitutional monarchy)
• Open us his buildings of the Paris-Royal to radical speakers
• Tried to march with the Third Estate at opening of Estates General
• participated in Pamphlet war (1780s)