The French Revolution Flashcards
When was the attack on Bastille?
14 July 1789
When did Louis XVI ascend the throne of France?
In 1774
The term Old regime is used to describe..?
To describe society and institutions of France before 1789.
Church extracted its share of taxed called?
Tithes
A direct tax was paid by the third estate called?
Taille
Livre
Unit of currency in France discontinued in 1794
Clergy
Group of people invested with special functions in the church.
Subsistence crisis
An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.
The population of France rose from what to what in which years?
From 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789
A society based in freedom and equal laws, equal opportunities for all were put forward by philosophers?
John Locke (Two treaties of government) and Jean Jacques Rousseau
Who proposed the idea of division in power between the legislative, executive and the judiciary so that the power was divided?
Montesquieu in his ‘The spirit of the laws’
The last time a meeting was held with the Estate General was?
In 1614
When did Louis call the estate generals?
On 5 May 1789
1792 - 93 was known as a period of
Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte became the ruler on?
1804
Napoleon was defeated in which year and by whom?
In 1815 by Waterloo
On ________ the assembly passed a decree abolishing the feudal system of obligations and taxes.
4 August 1789
The voting had now to be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote. This principle was put forward by?
By Rousseau in his ‘The social contract’
Name the leaders of the National Assembly
Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
Chateau
Castle or stately residence belonging to a king or a nobleman
Manor
An estate consisting of the lord’s lands and his mansion
The National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in?
1791
Patriotic songs people sang were? and composed by whom? It was first sung by whom?
They were Marseillaise, composed by Roget de L’Isle. It was sung for the first time by volunteers from Marseilles.
Convent
Building belonging to a community devoted to a religious life
