Women led a march on the Palace of Versailles to demand cheaper bread prices.
This statement supports Marx's argument that history is shaped by class struggles, as it demonstrates a clear conflict between the working class (represented by the women demanding cheaper bread) and the ruling class (represented by the monarchy living in the Palace of Versailles). This event highlights the economic disparity and social inequalities that led to the French Revolution and the ongoing struggle between different social classes in French society during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto that “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” Analyze the quote and select the statement about events in France during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that best supports this argument.(1 point)
Conservatives supported the Bourbon Restoration.
Women led a march on the Palace of Versailles to demand cheaper bread prices.
Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo.
The Second French Republic granted universal suffrage to all men.
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