The First and Second Crises

Question 1

The Le Chaplier Law was…

Answer 1

Abolished all associations of workmen and employees followed the d’Allarde law. Passed June 1791

Question 2

The d’Allarde law was…

Answer 2

Dissolved all guilds. Followed by the Le Chaplier Law. Passed on March 1791

Question 3

Employees were forbidden to..

Answer 3

Organise or go on strike

Question 4

Church Property was transferred to the state on…

Answer 4

19 April 1790

Question 5

On the … the Civil Constitution of the Clergy went before the NA for discussion

Answer 5

29 May 1790

Question 6

The CCC’s proposed legislation made:

Answer 6

Pope’s role as head of the church would be removed and replaced by state control.
Clergy would now be voted in

Question 7

Mcphee on the CCC’s proposals:

Answer 7

” By applying the practise of ‘active’ citizenship to the choice of the clergy, the Assembly excluded women and the poor from the community of the faithful, and theoretically included Protestants, Jews and non-believers who were wealthy enough to vote”

Question 8

The CCC was passed on the …

Answer 8

12 July 1790

Question 9

Archbishop of Aix:

Answer 9

“Jesus Christ passed on his mission to the apostles and their successes for the salvation of the faithful ; he entrusted it neither tot he magistrates nor the king; we are speaking of an order which magistrates and kings must obey”

Question 10

The Clerical Oath introduced…

Answer 10

27 November 1790

Question 11

Abbé Baude:

Answer 11

“Where the government and the laws of the church are concerned, I recognise no superior and other legislators than the Pope and the bishops”

Question 12

Pope Pius’ Papal Bull Charitas made…

Answer 12

13 April 1791

Question 13

In France, only … bishops and … of the lower clergy took the Oath

Answer 13

7 bishops. and 54% of the lower Clergy

Question 14

Within the National Assembly, only … bishops and a … of the clergy took the oath

Answer 14

2 out of the 44 bishops, and 1/3rd of the other clergy

Question 15

Furet on the Clerical Oath:

Answer 15

“It is clear refusal to take the oath was the first sign of popular resistance to the Revolution… the religous element was transformed into a political issue because the monarchy and revolution had turned the Catholic Church into an auxiliary of the state”

Question 16

Doyle on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy:

Answer 16

“The oath of the Clergy was … certainly the. Constituent Assembly’s most serious mistake. For the first time, it forced fellow citizens to choose: to declare themselves publicly for or against the new order”

Question 17

Louis XVI and his family fled Paris on…

Answer 17

20 June 1791

Question 18

Louis XVI brought back to Paris on…

Answer 18

25 June 1791

Question 19

Pétion (Historical perspective):

Answer 19

“The participation of the people was immense. Everyone wore their hats, and the most majestic silence reigned.”

Question 20

Richet:

Answer 20

“By fleeing, one king had renounced his sovereignty, while another king, the people, grimly looked on”

Question 21

Tackett on the origins of the terror:

Answer 21

“A full expectation of the prigins of the terror must also reflect on the full impact of one single event: the attempted flight of the reigning King of France … set im motion an extraordinary chain of actions and reactions with profound effects on all elements of society.”

Question 22

National Assembly announces the King was kidnapped on …

Answer 22

15 July 1791

Question 23

Tackett on the King’s flight:

Answer 23

The King’s flight from Paris was “one of the most dramatic and poignant moments in the entire French Revolution”