starter activity

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? starter activity
Louis XVI
Write down a list of qualities a French king
would need to do his job
2
Was France well governed before the Revolution?

• What kind of people were Louis XVI and Marie
  Antoinette?

3
Louis XVI

• Ancien regime
• Louis XVI His most Christian majesty
• Louis le dernier
• Strengths family man, popular
• Weaknesses - indecisive, loved hunting, clocks
  locks

4
Marie Antoinette
Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria

• Daughter of Maria-Theresa, Empress of Austria
• Rumours A Historical Essay on Life of Marie
  Antoinette, bestseller
• Strengths beauty, good mother
• Weaknesses lovers (male female), diamond
  necklace (1.6m livres), domineering

Marie Antoinette, with her children
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? Your task

• Read the sources and complete the activities.
• Which is more important to us in trying to
  understand the past the truth or the way people
  perceive the truth?

Sources acitivities