World history/WHME101/Political revolutions/French revolution

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What led to the French Revolution?

• What rights did the National Assembly bestow upon (male) citizens?

• Who were the Jacobins?

World History International, 'The French Revolution'.

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