Who Pushed for the End of Royal Absolutism and of Special

question 33

Multiple Choice

Who pushed for the end of royal absolutism and of special privileges for the French aristocracy?

• A) Peasants
• B) Napoleon
• C) the Jacobins
• D) the Third Estate
• E) the National Assembly

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Industrial Revolution

A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s, radically transforming societies.

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Avignon Papacy

The period from 1309 to 1376 during which seven successive popes resided in Avignon (then in the Kingdom of Arles, part of the Holy Roman Empire, now in France) rather than in Rome, leading to significant controversy and conflict within the Catholic Church.