AOS 1 Quotes

Question 1

Peter McPhee:

Answer 1

‘The rural population underwrote the costs of the Church, nobility and monarchy, which took a quarter to a third of peasant produce through taxes, dues and the tithe.’

Question 2

Duncan Townson

Answer 2

‘It was not the parlements that prevented the Crown from reforming but the character of the king.’

Question 3

Georges Lefebvre

Answer 3

‘The revolution was started and led to victory in its first phase by the aristocracy.’
‘For the Third Estate equality of rights was inseparable from liberty.’
‘The commercial treaty with Britain obstructed industry temporarily, since production had to modernise if it was to withstand foreign competition.

Question 4

William Doyle

Answer 4

‘The basic disagreement was about democratic principles and public order.

Question 5

David Andress

Answer 5

‘The standoff between the king and nobility over reform led to paralysis of government and bankruptcy by August 1788.’