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The queen of France responsible for the French Revolution was ________.
The queen of France responsible for the French Revolution was ________.
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The correct option is A Queen Marie Antoinette
Queen Marie
Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution
and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. She became a symbol of the
excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote "Let
them eat cake," although there is no evidence she actually said it. As a
20-year consort to Louis XVI, she was beheaded nine months after he was, on
October 16, 1793, by order of the Revolutionary tribunal.
Queen Marie Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. She became a symbol of the excesses of the monarchy and is often credited with the famous quote "Let them eat cake," although there is no evidence she actually said it. As a 20-year consort to Louis XVI, she was beheaded nine months after he was, on October 16, 1793, by order of the Revolutionary tribunal.
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