The Illegal Event That Constituted the Start of the French

question 49

Multiple Choice

The illegal event that constituted the start of the French Revolution was the

• A) meeting between Quesnay and Adam Smith.
• B) storming of the Bastille.
• C) mutiny of the French army.
• D) action of the Third Estate in declaring itself to be a National Assembly.
• E) revolts of French peasants in the countryside.

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