T2: Attempts to create a constitution, 1789-91 Flashcards
when was the Great Fear?
July-Aug 1789
what caused the Great Fear?
- events in Paris
- rumours of an aristocratic conspiracy to burn out the Third Estate
what was the main outcome of the Great Fear?
the abolition of feudalism
how did the Constituent Assembly respond to the Great Fear?
began considering the abolition of feudalism to appease the peasantry
what is the name for when nobles at the Assembly renounced their own privileges?
‘an orgy of self-sacrifice’
what is described by ‘an orgy of self sacrifice’?
when nobles at the Constituent Assembly renounced their own privileges in response to the Great Fear
what caused nobles at the Assembly to engage in ‘an orgy of self-sacrifice’?
the Great Fear
what legalised the abolition of many privileges of the nobility?
the August Decrees
when were the August Decrees?
4-11 Aug 1789
what did the August Decrees do?
abolished many privileges of the nobility including feudalism and venality
when was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
26th Aug 1789
who issued the Dec of Rights of Man?
Constituent Assembly
who drafted the Dec of Rights of Man?
Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
whose ideas does the Dec of Rights of Man reflect?
Abbe Sieyes (What is the Third Estate?)
what is the Declaration of Rights of Man?
list of principles and core values that were to underpin the new constitution e.g. freedom and equality
what were the long and short term causes of the October Days?
LONG:
-Louis had refused to sanction the August Decrees on 5 Aug
- tensions already high as bread prices not dropped, radicals e.g. Marat, Desmoulins agitated crowds
SHORT: Louis voiced objections to the Dec of Rights of Man
when did Louis refuse to sanction the August Decrees?
5 Aug
what is an example of rumour that Marat and Desmoulins spread that agitated crowds?
that Louis’ officers had trampled a revolutionary cockade
who spread the rumour that Louis’ officers had trampled a revolutionary cockade?
Marat and Desmoulins
what newspaper did Marat write?
L’Ami du peuple
what newspaper did Desmoulins write?
Les Révolutions de France
who wrote L’Ami du peuple?
Marat
who wrote Les Revolutions de France?
Desmoulins
what happened in the October Days?
6000-7000 armed, mostly women, marched on Versailles, broke into palace and killed a number of guards