HSTR 352 History of the French Revolution Final Review

Question 1

Aspects of the New Constitution of 1791

Answer 1

constitutional monarchy
firmly placed power in the hands of the wealth because of high voting qualification
king has the power of a veto

Question 2

declaration of pilnitz

Answer 2

It was in the interest of other dynastic states of Europe to encourage the King to regain his power in France

Question 3

april 20th 1792

Answer 3

Austria and Prussia declare war on France

Question 4

why did 10s of thousands of sans culottes raid the king’s palace in 1792

Answer 4

inflation of the assignat
France was losing the war
King refused to recall the members of the legislative assembly he had dismissed

Question 5

who how and what august 10th 1792

Answer 5

Paris Section used the National Guard to raid the kings palace
paris sectional declared themselves the governemnt in power

Question 6

September 20 1792

Answer 6

first major victory of the French
turned the tide of the war
mass support for the national convention

Question 7

september 22nd 1792

Answer 7

national assembly abolished the monarchy
and declared France a republic

Question 8

law of suspects: who created it, what it was, and what was its significance

Answer 8

Committee of public safety
anyone perceived to be against the revolution could be arrested
beginning of the reign of terror and revolutionary paranoia

Question 9

food riots of the 1st of may 1793 demanded what of the convention

Answer 9

price controls on grain
people were starving

Question 10

july 1793

Answer 10

constitution of 1793 completed
very democratic
people want it
after the terror it is associated with the terror

Question 11

law of the 14th of bremier

Answer 11

banned citizen militia
centralized power to the committee of public safety

Question 12

why did the terror come to an end and what year

Answer 12

france was winning the war
food shortages were declining
1794

Question 13

10th of thermidor

Answer 13

Robespierre is executed via guilittene

Question 14

10th of thermidor

Answer 14

Robespierre is executed via guillotine
terror is over

Question 15

coup of fructidor

Answer 15

when royalists won a majority the directory threw out the results
proved the directory was corrupt

Question 16

constitution of the year 8

Answer 16

placed napoleon in charge of the 3 man consulte

Question 17

david bell quote

Answer 17

free people of color sought the civil rights promised by the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen

Question 18

why was the haitian revolution unthinkable

Answer 18

nobody believed that slaves had the ability to organize and overthrow their white masters
nobody thought slaves would be able to establish a system of government

Question 19

what was the effect of the Haitian revolution on France

Answer 19

lost one of the largest producers of sugar in the world and almost half of its export economy
ended slavery in France

Question 20

when was slavery abolished in france

Answer 20

1794

Question 21

when did haiti become independent

Answer 21

1804

Question 22

how did charles X cripple Haiti

Answer 22

threatened to use his warships to block trade out of saint Domingue unless the republic paid him 150 million francs
crippled Haitian economy for centuries through debt