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- On July 14, 1789, French citizens unhappy with the failed government reforms stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress prison. What has this event come to represent in French history?
- Under the Old Regime, the people of France belonged to one of three estates. What was the basis of these divisions?
- In an era of bad harvests, famine, and rioting, the French government took steps to improve the worsening financial crisis. What did the government do?
- What was one advantage of being a member of the Second Estate?
- Read the quotation from Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This latter consists of the different privileges, which some men enjoy to the prejudice of others; such as that of being more rich, more honored, more powerful or even in a position to exact obedience.-- In this passage, Rousseau refers to political inequality. Of the four inequalities listed here, which enabled the Old Regime to maintain power for as long as it did?
- When the National Assembly broke off from the Estates-General, what was the assembly's intent?
- What religious practice or sect was established during the Renaissance?
- What was the Scientific Revolution? Approximate what years did it take place?
- Who created the Statue of David? Where did it stand once it was completed?
- Who preserved and expanded Greco-Roman knowledge during the Middle Age
- Where is the Mona Lisa located? Who painted it, and what is the name of the real person that is depicted in the painting?
- Approximately what years did both the Protestant and Catholic Reformationstake place?
- Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
- Why was Napoleon forced to withdraw from Russia following his invasion?
- Who overthrows the Directory of France and becomes the Consulate/Emperor of France?
- Why did France choose to use the Guillotine?
- What was the killing machine of the French Revolution?
- Who were the monarchs of France during the French Revolution?
- The Nazis persecuted certain groups, including
- The Nazi Party divided humans into categories based on ___________ .