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The Bastille was stormed on:Read the answer and worked solution →How many prisoners were found in the Bastille when it was stormed?Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI ascended the French throne in:Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI was married to the Austrian princess:Read the answer and worked solution →In eighteenth-century France, which estate alone paid taxes to the state?Read the answer and worked solution →Peasants made up about what share of the French population?Read the answer and worked solution →The Church's tax on peasants, one-tenth of produce, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The direct tax paid by the third estate to the state was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which philosopher's Two Treatises of Government refuted the divine right of monarchs?Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1789, the Estates General had last been called in:Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI convened the Estates General on:Read the answer and worked solution →The third estate sent how many members to the Estates General of 1789?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the pamphlet What is the Third Estate?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Assembly abolished the feudal system of obligations and taxes on the night of:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Constitution of 1791, active citizens had to be men above what age?Read the answer and worked solution →The Jacobin club took its name from the former convent of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Jacobins who wore long striped trousers were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →France abolished the monarchy and became a republic on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Reign of Terror covers the years:Read the answer and worked solution →Robespierre was convicted and guillotined in:Read the answer and worked solution →After the Jacobins fell, executive power passed to a Directory of how many members?Read the answer and worked solution →Women in France finally won the right to vote in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the revolutionariesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Old Regime wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the RevolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Revolution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Estate or symbolRead the answer and worked solution →Sort thinkers, taxes and eventsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →French Revolution bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Bastille was stormed on:

  1. 14 July 1789
  2. 5 May 1789
  3. 4 August 1789
  4. 20 June 1789
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Correct answer: A. 14 July 1789

1. Paris feared the king would fire on citizens. 2. The Bastille fell on 14 July 1789. 3. It stood for the despotic power of the king. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._

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How many prisoners were found in the Bastille when it was stormed?

  1. Sixteen
  2. Seven
  3. Eleven
  4. Twelve
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Correct answer: B. Seven

1. The crowd hoped to find ammunition. 2. Only seven prisoners were released. 3. The fortress was demolished and its stones sold. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._

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Louis XVI ascended the French throne in:

  1. 1774
  2. 1789
  3. 1715
  4. 1793
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Correct answer: A. 1774

1. He was 20 years old. 2. He became king in 1774. 3. He found an empty treasury. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._

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