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AP European History

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What important event was depicted in the Delacroix painting Liberty Leading the People?
  1. The storming of the Bastille
  2. The 1848 February Revolution
  3. The final battle of the American Revolution
  4. The 1830 July Revolution
Explanation
Answer - D - The 1830 July Revolution was the important event depicted in the Delacroix painting Liberty Leading the People.

Key Takeaway: Liberty Leading the People is a famous painting by Delacroix. The image represents the 1830 July Revolution. In the painting, a woman (personifying Liberty) guides the people over the corpses of the dead, with the red, white, and blue flag of the French Revolution in one hand and a musket with the other. Liberty Leading the People is, by far, Delacroix’s best-known painting.
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