1790 (Reform and Renewal)

Question 1

Feb 1790. What Happened?

Answer 1

• reorganisation of France into 83 departments for the purpose of administration

Question 2

March. What happened?

Answer 2

• ‘all honorary distinctions… deriving from the feudal system’ were abolished

Question 3

May. What Happened?

Answer 3

• louis lost his right to declare war

Question 4

19th June, What happened?

Answer 4

abolition of all hereditary titles

Question 5

12th July. Event? What happened?

Answer 5

• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• reorganisation of the clergy in attempt to reform a pillar of the old regime
• divided nation into two groups as it forced people to choose between the support for revolution or their religious faith

Question 6

27th November. Event? What happened?

Answer 6

• Clerical Oath
• legislation that forced priests and bishops to swear oath to remain faithful to the nation
• gave power to national assembly to punish all priests who did not take the oath.

Question 7

16th August 1790

What happened?

Answer 7

• reform of the legal system
• in old regime, exec., judicial and legislative powers all vested in monarch, judicial offices were purchased from monarch, different court system for each class
• now, judges had to have 5 years of legal experience and were elected for 6 year periods
• seigneurial court was replaced with justices of the peace who could arbitrate matters
• Public Prosecutor was appointed by king for life
• everyone now had the right to die by guillotine, whereas previously it was reserved for nobility

Question 8

Reform of the military

Answer 8

• previously, only those of noble birth on their father’s side for 4 generations could become officers
• now, army was open to men of talent who could climb as high as their abilities took them
• tricolour became national flag, pay was raised for common soldiers
• however, new army was just the old one under a new flag, ‘officered by nobles known for their unquestioning loyalty to the king’ - Doyle

Question 9

31 October. What happened?

Answer 9

• Economic Reform
• the decree providing for a uniform tariff abolished the aides, octrois, traits and consummation taxes, along with royal salt and tobacco monopolies
• replaced by a single uniform tariff on imports and exports

Question 10

May 1970

Answer 10

• preliminary decree was issued to introduce a common system of weight and measures across France.
  however, it wasn’t until august 1793 that the national convention passed the decree introducing uniform weights and measures

Question 11

12th July 1790

Event? What happened? What it meant?

Answer 11

• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• national assembly saw it as a reorganisation of the clergy
• it involved the pope’s role as head of the church being removed and replaced by state control
• the pope’s right to appoint clergy was removed and replaced by system of popular election
• took away power from the pope of appointing bishops and cardinals