Who were the émigrés Jeanne was suspected of assisting?
Underprivileged Frenchmen
Rebels against the king
People fleeing from the Revolution
Foreign spies
Answer
The émigrés were people who fled France during the French Revolution, which began in 1789. They were often aristocrats or members of the clergy who feared for their lives or their property. Jeanne was suspected of assisting them by providing them with food and shelter.
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