The French Revolution

Question 1

How was the government run before the revolution?

Answer 1

Using the Divine Right of Kings

Question 2

Why was France in a financial crisis?

Answer 2

 French government was not managing money as well as their rivals in England, King Louis XVI and the Nobles still spent money on unnecessary things
 War - i.e. The American Revolution and the Seven Years war
 Privileged estate refused to chip in by paying taxes

Question 3

What is deficit spending?

Answer 3

The government continued to spend more money than they received from taxes

Question 4

What was the Vingtieme?

Answer 4

A special war tax imposed by King Louis that even the clergy and the nobles had to pay

Question 5

What was the economic crisis happening in France?

Answer 5

 Most of France’s economy was made up from the agriculture industry
 Peasants paid most of the country’s taxes, if there is bad weather peasants cannot pay taxes
 1787-1789 there were two bad harvests in a row
 Unemployment ensued, people were starving, prices were high
 People in the third estate were called “Sans – Culottes” because they could only afford pants

Question 6

Why did King Louis demolish The Thirteen Regional Parliaments?

Answer 6

Because the third estate brought their Cashier de Doleance to them because they wanted to voice their concerns

Question 7

who were jacobins?

Answer 7

led by robbespierre, the jacobins wanted the revolution to go in a more radical direction and still wanted to work with the King

Question 8

who were the girondins?

Answer 8

they were an extremist group who wanted to eliminate the king

Question 9

who was danton?

Answer 9

Jacques Danton
 He is appointed as the minister of justice
 His task was to find anybody who was against the revolution and try them
he ends up getting executed

Question 10

what was the reign of terror?

Answer 10

a time full of mass executions. so many people were arrested and executed if they did not show an enthusiastic want for the revolution