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The French Revolution Flashcards

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1
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When did Louis XVI become king? Which family does he belong to

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1774, Bourbon

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What were the states of the French

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1.Clurgy ,2. Nobility, 3. 3rd estate

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The term old Regime is usually used to describe the society and Institution of France before

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1789

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4
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What percentage of population was covered by the peasant

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90%

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5
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What percentage of land was covered by Nobles, clergy

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60%

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6
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The tax executed by the church was known as

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Tithes

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Direct tax exerted by the nobles

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Taille

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8
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What was the currency of the France and when it was discontinued

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Livre, 1794

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9
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The change of population from 1715 to 1789

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23 million to 28 million

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10
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A word for extreme situation where the basic means of livelihoods are endangered

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Subsistence crisis

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Name four philosophers who wrote about freedom and equal loss

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  1. John Locke
  2. Jean Jacques Rousseau
  3. Baron De Montesquieu
  4. Voltaire
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12
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Which book was written by Rousseau

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The social contract

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13
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What words were done by Baron De montesquie

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Separation of Legislative executive and judiciary

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When was the general state assembly was held

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5th may 1789

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15
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When was General Assembly held last time

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1614

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On which day the third estate declared themselves as a national assembly and where

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On 20 June In the Tennis the declared themselves as the national assembly

17
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Who let the national assembly

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Mirabeau, and Abbé Sieyés

18
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Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes belong from which state

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Noble, clergy

19
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Who wrote the pamphlet what is the third estate

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Abbe Sieyes

20
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What happened on 14 July

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Agitated cloud storm and straight the bastille

21
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A word to define an estate consisting of the Lords land and his mansion

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Manor

22
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What is the pigeons to after they heard about the bands of brigades who wear on the way to destroy the right crops

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They attacked on chateaux….looted hoarded grain and Burnet documents containing records of manorial dues

23
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What happened after that came accepted and recognise the national assembly

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•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

24
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When the national assembly completed the draft of a constitution

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1791

25
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What where the main objective of the constitutional monarchy

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To limit the powers of Monarch can the separation of power

26
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Who were recognised as an active citizen

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Man above the age of 25 and who pay taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labours wage

27
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Who were qualified as an elector

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The members who belong to the highest brackets of tax payer

28
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The constitution of 1791 begin with

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Declaration of right of man and citizen.
1. Right to life
2. freedom of speech
3. freedom of opinion
4. equality before law

29
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Who painted the picture of the right of men and cities and when

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Le Barbier, 1790

30
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The symbol of the broken chain suggest

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Broken 3 stands for the act of becoming a free slave

31
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The bundle of rods of fasces

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A single rod can be easily broken but an entire bundle can’t be broken this defines the strength lies unity

32
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The eyes within a triangle radiating light define

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Stands for knowledge the race of sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance

33
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Scepter symbol defines

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Royal power

34
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Snake biting it’s Tail to form a ring

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Symbol of eternity A ring has neither beginning nor end

35
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A red cap define

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A cap worn by slave after becoming free

36
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Symbol of blue white red

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The national colour of France

37
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The winged women

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Personification of the law

38
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The law tablet

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Define that the law is same for all and all are equal before it

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