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Key Figures of the French Revolution

Test your knowledge of the influential personalities who shaped the French Revolution, from radical Jacobins to the doomed monarchy.0 takes
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  • 01Who was the leader of the Jacobin Club and a principal figure during the Reign of Terror, often called 'The Incorruptible'?
  • 02Which queen, the wife of Louis XVI, was famously executed by guillotine in 1793?
  • 03This radical journalist, publisher of the newspaper 'L'Ami du peuple' (The Friend of the People), was assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
  • 04Who was the popular finance minister whose dismissal by King Louis XVI in July 1789 sparked public outrage and contributed to the storming of the Bastille?
  • 05A leading orator and a founder of the Cordeliers Club, this revolutionary figure was eventually guillotined after being accused of being too lenient by Robespierre's faction.
  • 06Who wrote the influential 1789 pamphlet titled 'What Is the Third Estate?', which became a de facto manifesto of the Revolution?
  • 07Which French general, a hero of the American Revolution, commanded the National Guard but later fled France after being declared a traitor by the Jacobins?
  • 08Which military leader rose to prominence during the latter stages of the Revolution, staging the Coup of 18 Brumaire to become First Consul of France?
  • 09Who was the King of France at the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789?
  • 10A close associate of Robespierre, this young and uncompromising Jacobin leader was known as the 'Archangel of Terror'.
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