The French Revolution Flashcards
When did Louis XVI become king? Which family does he belong to
1774, Bourbon
What were the states of the French
1.Clurgy ,2. Nobility, 3. 3rd estate
The term old Regime is usually used to describe the society and Institution of France before
1789
What percentage of population was covered by the peasant
90%
What percentage of land was covered by Nobles, clergy
60%
The tax executed by the church was known as
Tithes
Direct tax exerted by the nobles
Taille
What was the currency of the France and when it was discontinued
Livre, 1794
The change of population from 1715 to 1789
23 million to 28 million
A word for extreme situation where the basic means of livelihoods are endangered
Subsistence crisis
Name four philosophers who wrote about freedom and equal loss
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Baron De Montesquieu
- Voltaire
Which book was written by Rousseau
The social contract
What words were done by Baron De montesquie
Separation of Legislative executive and judiciary
When was the general state assembly was held
5th may 1789
When was General Assembly held last time
1614
On which day the third estate declared themselves as a national assembly and where
On 20 June In the Tennis the declared themselves as the national assembly
Who let the national assembly
Mirabeau, and Abbé Sieyés
Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes belong from which state
Noble, clergy
Who wrote the pamphlet what is the third estate
Abbe Sieyes
What happened on 14 July
Agitated cloud storm and straight the bastille
A word to define an estate consisting of the Lords land and his mansion
Manor
What is the pigeons to after they heard about the bands of brigades who wear on the way to destroy the right crops
They attacked on chateaux….looted hoarded grain and Burnet documents containing records of manorial dues
What happened after that came accepted and recognise the national assembly
•On 4th August 1789 assembly passed a decree abolition the feudal system of obligation and taxes. •Members of the clergy, too, were forced to give up their privileges.
▪︎Tithes were abolished, and land on by the church was confiscated.
•As a result, the government acquired assets at least 2 billion lived
When the national assembly completed the draft of a constitution
1791
What where the main objective of the constitutional monarchy
To limit the powers of Monarch can the separation of power
Who were recognised as an active citizen
Man above the age of 25 and who pay taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labours wage
Who were qualified as an elector
The members who belong to the highest brackets of tax payer
The constitution of 1791 begin with
Declaration of right of man and citizen.
1. Right to life
2. freedom of speech
3. freedom of opinion
4. equality before law
Who painted the picture of the right of men and cities and when
Le Barbier, 1790
The symbol of the broken chain suggest
Broken 3 stands for the act of becoming a free slave
The bundle of rods of fasces
A single rod can be easily broken but an entire bundle can’t be broken this defines the strength lies unity
The eyes within a triangle radiating light define
Stands for knowledge the race of sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance
Scepter symbol defines
Royal power
Snake biting it’s Tail to form a ring
Symbol of eternity A ring has neither beginning nor end
A red cap define
A cap worn by slave after becoming free
Symbol of blue white red
The national colour of France
The winged women
Personification of the law
The law tablet
Define that the law is same for all and all are equal before it
