Question

Who were termed as the Émigrés?

• A. Priests who gave up their properties due to reforms.
• B. The nobles who fled from France to foreign countries to protect themselves.
• C. Ordinary citizens who fled from France to avoid the civil war.
• D. The foreign powers who attacked France on the brink of France's monarchical collapse.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The nobles who fled from France to foreign countries to protect themselves.

The rise of the National Assembly not only scared the king but also the nobles who were against the revolution. They fled from France to foreign countries to protect themselves. They were called the Émigrés.