Revolution and the failure of monarchy

Question 1

July and August 1789 where were there uprisings and why

Answer 1

Lorraine, Alsace, Brittany.
The Great Fear

Question 2

How does the Constituent Assembly respond to the Great Fear

Answer 2

They Deploy the National Guard

Question 3

4 August 1789 event

Answer 3

Duc D’Aigullion encouraged the nobles to renounce their privelleges.

Question 4

August Decrees

Answer 4

Abolished Venality. Opened positions in the church, military, and civil duties to all. Ended Tithes. Equality of Taxation. All of these are set as intentions of the Constituent Assembly

Question 5

Rights of man date

Answer 5

26 August 1789

Question 6

Rights of Man

Answer 6

Created by Lafayette.
Jefferson & Sieyes heavily influenced.

‘men are born and remain free and equal in rights’
Sovereignty resides in the nation, not individuals.
general will.
equal tax.
Freedom of speech.

Question 7

Louis response to the August Decrees

Answer 7

5th August, refuses to sanction them

Question 8

October Days

Answer 8

7,000 people, primarily women assemble outside the hotel de ville and then march on Versailles.

Question 9

October days result

Answer 9

Louis looses his residence at Versailles and is accompanied to Tuileries Paris.
56 monarchists do not go, the constituent Assembly is moved.

Question 10

Constituent Assembly reduction of Louis Power.

Answer 10

Could no longer initiate laws or taxes.
Right to veto.