5.2

Question 1

Revolution

Answer 1

A change form one (often political) system to another, in a relatively short period of time

Question 2

National Assembly

Answer 2

In 1789, a meeting was established by disappointed members of the third estate; several members of the lower nobility and clergy also joined

Question 3

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 3

A pledge of the third estate and it’s sympathisers not to break-up the National Assembly until a new constitution for France had been written

Question 4

National Guard

Answer 4

An army formed by the French people that eventually stormed the Bastille in Paris

Question 5

The Bastille

Answer 5

A state prison where the government also stored ammunition

Question 6

The Great Fear

Answer 6

A revolt from peasants against their landlords on the countryside

Question 7

Ancien Régime

Answer 7

A period of time in which the French king had absolute power

Question 8

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Answer 8

In 1789, a declaration was written by the National Assembly, stating that everyone is born free and is equal in the eyes of the law