The French Revolution Flashcards
(38 cards)
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
