1789

Question 1

When did the Estates-General meet at Versailles?

Answer 1

5th May 1789

Question 2

When was the National Assembly created?

Answer 2

17th June

Question 3

When was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 3

20th June

Question 4

When was the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 4

14th July

Question 5

When was the Great Fear?

Answer 5

20th July

Question 6

When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen passed?

Answer 6

26th August

Question 7

When did 151 clergy join the Third Estate?

Answer 7

24th June

Question 8

When did 47 nobles (including the Duc d’Orléans) join the Third Estate?

Answer 8

25th June

Question 9

When did the King order the nobles and clergy to join the Third Estate?

Answer 9

27th June

Question 10

When did Louis order for troops to be moved to Paris and Versailles?

Answer 10

22nd June

Question 11

How many troops did Louis initially order to be stationed around Paris?

Answer 11

4000

Question 12

How many more troops were stationed in Paris and Versailles after the initial 4000?

Answer 12

16,000

Question 13

How much of their wage could a Parisian worker be spending on a loaf of bread?

Answer 13

88%

Question 14

Where did journalists and politicians establish their headquarters in late June?

Answer 14

Palais-Royale (Home of Duc d’Orléans)

Question 15

How many troops did Louis have located in Paris and Versailles by the 11th July?

Answer 15

25,000

Question 16

Where did the Parisians go before storming the Bastille?

Answer 16

Les Invalides (an old soldier retirement home)

Question 17

What was seized from Les Invalides?

Answer 17

Over 28,000 muskets and 20 cannons

Question 18

Which French governor denied Parisians access to the Bastille?

Answer 18

De Launay?

Question 19

How many were killed after De Launay ordered his troops to open fire?

Answer 19

98

Question 20

When did the Paris electors set up a new body to govern the city?

Answer 20

15th July

Question 21

Who was elected the Mayor of Paris?

Answer 21

Sylvain Bailly

Question 22

Name three demands the August Decrees established

Answer 22

• Abolish the tithes paid to the Church
• Everyone to pay equal taxes
• Financial privileges of individuals to be abolished

Question 23

Name three terms of the Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen

Answer 23

• All men are born free and equal
• Freedom of expression
• Freedom to own property

Question 24

When was all of the Church’s property placed into the hands of the nation?

Answer 24

2nd November

Question 25

Define executive power

Answer 25

The power to make decisions regarding the government of a country

Question 26

When did the crowd of women storm the Hôtel de Ville and later Versailles?

Answer 26

5th October

Question 27

When did the Royal Family leave Versailles?

Answer 27

6th October

Question 28

What did the National Assembly change King Louis’ title to?

Answer 28

Louis by the grace of God and the constitutional law of he State, King of the French