1789 Flashcards
When did the Estates-General meet at Versailles?
5th May 1789
When was the National Assembly created?
17th June
When was the Tennis Court Oath?
20th June
When was the Storming of the Bastille?
14th July
When was the Great Fear?
20th July
When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen passed?
26th August
When did 151 clergy join the Third Estate?
24th June
When did 47 nobles (including the Duc d’Orléans) join the Third Estate?
25th June
When did the King order the nobles and clergy to join the Third Estate?
27th June
When did Louis order for troops to be moved to Paris and Versailles?
22nd June
How many troops did Louis initially order to be stationed around Paris?
4000
How many more troops were stationed in Paris and Versailles after the initial 4000?
16,000
How much of their wage could a Parisian worker be spending on a loaf of bread?
88%
Where did journalists and politicians establish their headquarters in late June?
Palais-Royale (Home of Duc d’Orléans)
How many troops did Louis have located in Paris and Versailles by the 11th July?
25,000
Where did the Parisians go before storming the Bastille?
Les Invalides (an old soldier retirement home)
What was seized from Les Invalides?
Over 28,000 muskets and 20 cannons
Which French governor denied Parisians access to the Bastille?
De Launay?
How many were killed after De Launay ordered his troops to open fire?
98
When did the Paris electors set up a new body to govern the city?
15th July
Who was elected the Mayor of Paris?
Sylvain Bailly
Name three demands the August Decrees established
- Abolish the tithes paid to the Church
- Everyone to pay equal taxes
- Financial privileges of individuals to be abolished
Name three terms of the Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen
- All men are born free and equal
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom to own property
When was all of the Church’s property placed into the hands of the nation?
2nd November
Define executive power
The power to make decisions regarding the government of a country
When did the crowd of women storm the Hôtel de Ville and later Versailles?
5th October
When did the Royal Family leave Versailles?
6th October
What did the National Assembly change King Louis’ title to?
Louis by the grace of God and the constitutional law of he State, King of the French
