Chapter 5 - The Revolution May - October 1789

Question 1

When was the Estates General?

Answer 1

5th May 1789

Question 2

How many representatives arrived at the Estates General?

Answer 2

1200

Question 3

What was the dress code for the third estate?

Answer 3

All black, with a short cloak

Question 4

What were the dress codes first and second estate?

Answer 4

Cloaks and waistcoats decorated with gold

Question 5

What were the third’s estates most pressing concerns that the king failed to settle at the Estates General?

Answer 5

No agenda for a reform package
No indications of procedures at Estates General

Question 6

What is voting by head?

Answer 6

One vote per individual in the room

Question 7

What is voting by order?

Answer 7

One vote per Estate

Question 8

What is double representation?

Answer 8

Having double the seats to accommodate for their large numbers

Question 9

What did the Paris Parlement decide how the Estates General will run?

Answer 9

Follow the traditional procedures of 1614:
Equal representation
Separate estate meetings
Voting by order

Question 10

Why was this considered a backfire on parlement?

Answer 10

Were supposed to be the ‘champions of the people’ but were defending traditional and going against the third estate

Question 11

Who was Mirabeau?

Answer 11

An enlightenment influenced member of an old noble family who was voted third estate representative

Question 12

What did Mirabeau believe should happen?

Answer 12

An alliance between the third estate and the king

Question 13

Who was Abbe Sieyes?

Answer 13

An enlightenment influenced clergyman voted to be a third estate representative

Question 14

What pamphlet did Abbe Sieyes write and what did did it say?

Answer 14

‘What is the third estate?’
Argued that the third estate was the nation

Question 15

When was the National Assembly formed?

Answer 15

17th June 1789

Question 16

What were the votes in naming the new government of the people?

Answer 16

491 to 90

Question 17

What happened during the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 17

Before the royal session, the Nation Assembly arranged to meet but when they arrived the doors were locked, they feared the king might forcibly dissolve the Assembly but continued to meet the nearest indoor tennis court and swore the oath that they would never disband until France had a new constitution.

Question 18

When was the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 18

20th June 1889

Question 19

When was the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 19

12-13 July 1889

Question 20

What is the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 20

Parisians forced their way into the Bastille courtyard to gain gunpowder and there was an exchange of fire and Delaunay was captured and decapitated, around 70 attackers killed

Question 21

What caused the Storming of the Bastille?

Answer 21

Rumour that the Bastille had a supply of gunpowder after the invasion of Les Invalides of 32,000 muskets and artilleries

Question 22

What was the National Guard?

Answer 22

Volunteers which would ‘police’ the city, restore order and protect the properties from attack of the King

Question 23

What did peasants refuse to do?

Answer 23

Pay their taxes and burdens

Question 24

What was the Great Fear)