Women known as pétroleuses were rumored to have caused widespread arson during the last days of this government. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this government, whose prominent combatants included the anarchist Louise Michel. This revolutionary socialist government took power in a capital city for several months in 1871.
ANSWER: Paris Commune [or Commune de Paris; prompt on Commune]
[10e] The Paris Commune took control during political instability after a French emperor with this name was captured at the Battle of Sedan. His uncle, an emperor with this name, was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
ANSWER: Napoleon [accept Bonaparte or Buonaparte; accept Napoleon III or Napoleon I or Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte or Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte]
[10h] Louise Michel needed to be dissuaded from assassinating this politician. This politician became the President of France in 1871, and oversaw the French army’s suppression of the Paris Commune during “Bloody Week.”
ANSWER: Adolphe Thiers (“tee-AIR”) [or Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers]
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