Early Reform and the October Days

Question 1

The August Decree’s were drafted between:

Answer 1

5th and 11th of August 1789

Question 2

Decrees quote:

Answer 2

“All citizens, without distinction of birth are eligible for all offices and dignities”

Question 3

Robespierre believed that once the constitution was written:…

Answer 3

“The Revolution is finished”

Question 4

It became clear to the peasants that harvest dues remained, and the tithes would be in force until …

Answer 4

1791

Question 5

Compensation to buy out of the dues was set between…

Answer 5

25% - 30% of year’s dues

Question 6

Rude:

Answer 6

“Having won its victory over privilege and despotism, the bourgeoisie now wanted peace and quiet in order to proceed with the task of giving France a constitution”

Question 7

Furet:

Answer 7

“The decrees of August … destroyed aristocratic society from top to bottom.”

Question 8

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen passed…

Answer 8

27th August 1789

Question 9

Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen:

Answer 9

“All men are born free and equal in rights”

Question 10

McPhee on the Declaration

Answer 10

“[The declaration was] above all, a statement of bourgeois idealism”

Question 11

The woman’s march was on:

Answer 11

5th October 1789

Question 12

Woman’s march consisted of :

Answer 12

6000 people

Question 13

McPhee on the woman’s freedom march:

Answer 13

“The revolution of bourgeois deputies has only been secured by the active intervention of the people of Paris”