The Revolution May-October 1789

Question 1

When was the first session of the EG

Answer 1

5 may 1789

Question 2

What was the third estates pressing concerns (2+)

Answer 2

No agenda put forward for a reform package with positive policy proposals for discussion
No clear indication if the procedures to be adopted - didn’t know how meetings would proceed or voting would work

Question 3

What did the promoting from Sieyes lead to + when

Answer 3

17 June third estate voted
491 votes to 90 to call itself the National Assembly
Other estates invited to join + 19 June the clergy did so

Question 4

Why did the third estate want to be known as the national spassembly (2)

Answer 4

To assert its right to represent the nation
To assert its intention to go ahead and make its own decisions about the future of the French state

Question 5

When did the kings son die + of what

Answer 5

Tuberculosis
4 June 1789

Question 6

When did the deputies find the doors locked + what (3+)

Answer 6

20 June 1789
Presence of royal troops
Lead by elected president Jean-Sylvain Bailly they made there way to nearest indoor space = tennis court

Question 7

What did the NA swear as the tennis court oath

Answer 7

Promised never to disband no matter where they were forced to meet until France had a new constitution

Question 8

What was the tennis court oath (in respect to the king) (2)

Answer 8

Direct challenge to the position if the king
Formation of the NA and oath = first revolutionary actions

Question 9

David’s painting of the tennis court oath meanings (6)

Answer 9

Wind = freedom blows through
Light = truth shines in the room
Outstretched arms = justice
Hands on heart = sincerity
Man writing = new ideas
Inside out umbrella = upheaval of society

Question 10

What angered the deputies during the difficult royal session (2)

Answer 10

Louis refused to use NA and continued to call them the EG
Demanded they meet separately

Question 11

What did the king do because he was weary of the fury bought up against the court (2)

Answer 11

26 June 1789
Bought 4800 extra troops to Paris

Question 12

When did Louis do what the third estate wanted + what (3)

Answer 12

27 June
Recognised the NA
Permitted voting by head

Question 13

What was going on in France in early July (2)

Answer 13

Just under 30,000 troops in and around the capital
4 July 1789

Question 14

The position of the Parisians (2+)

Answer 14

Dismal of necker 11 July = confirmed fears king wanted to prevent reform
Poor harvest sent bread prices up = by 14 July highest been since 1715

Question 15

Specific influences on Parisians (6)

Answer 15

Bad harvest
Compilation of cahiers = aroused political passion
Troops surrounding Paris bred fear
Pamphlets and newspapers widely available
1789 = influx migrate workers in Paris
Fears of wage reductions and unemployment

Question 16

What + where parks and electors do (2)

Answer 16

Met at the hotel de ville
Set up a committee = commune to control the city
Organised the establishment of the national guard = volunteers = police the city

Question 17

How did Paris try to defend itself and when SoB (4)

Answer 17

14 July 1789
Crowd of 8000 descended on les Invalides
32,000 muskets and some artillery were found
Useless without gunpowder

Question 18

Who made there way to the bastille (3)

Answer 18

National guard
Commune
Swelling crowd

Question 19

When was the stroking of the bastille + killed any? (3)

Answer 19

14 July
The governor marquis de Launay = captured, decapitated and head put on pole
70 attackers killed

Question 20

After the bastille what + when (4+)

Answer 20

17 July 1789
King persuaded to go to Paris and address the Parisians on the steps of the hotel de ville
Wearing the revolutionary cockade alongside Bailly and Lafayette
Announced the reinstatement of Necker, acceptance of NA, Paris commune and National guard

Question 21

What was symbolic about the storming of the bastille

Answer 21

Demonstrated the kings total loss of authority and its importance for the revolution is still celebrated in France today

Question 22

Developments in Versailles and Paris do to towns

Answer 22

Angry mons attacked the houses of magistrates and royal officers forcing them to flee

Question 23

Developments in Paris affect on countryside (3)

Answer 23

Peasants felt the reports from Paris would mean the end of their burdens and bring new wealth and status
Refused to pay tax and attacked houses of landlords
Armed themselves, burnt hedges, fences and barns

Question 24

What was the main things peasants sought out after bastille in countryside (3+)

Answer 24

Sought their masters deeds listing the landowners feudal rights
Records of sales and obligations which recorded dues owed
Peasant thought if these were burned they’d have no feudal obligations

Question 25

When was the great fear

Answer 25

17 July and 3 august 1789

Question 26

What rumours caused the great fear (2)

Answer 26

Nobles were stealing grain from the fields or preparing to attack farming families
Nobles who fled abroad were on their way back with foreign armies = wreak vengeance on peasants

Question 27

When did the assembly respond the the great fear

Answer 27

4 august 1789

Question 28

How did the NA respond to the great fear (2)

Answer 28

Appease the peasants and prevent further rural disorder
Abolished feudal rights

Question 29

What decrees were worked out following the abolishment of feudal dues (5)

Answer 29

All tithes and fees abolished
No more venality
All citizens would pay same tax on everything
All specific privileges from provinces to communities were abolished
All citizens eligible for civilian and military positions

Question 30

When was the DotRoMatC drawn up and passed

Answer 30

26 august 1789

Question 31

Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen (3)

Answer 31

Derived from enlightenment principles
Full of abstract statements concerning political society and the importance of the nation
Framework for the details of a new constitution

Question 32

When were the august decrees passed

Answer 32

4 august 1789

Question 33

Kings response to DotRoMatC and august decrees

Answer 33

Refused them and suggested former acceptance of NA was in doubt

Question 34

How did the assembly try to curb the kings power

Answer 34

Offered him a suspensory veto = power to delay legislation rather than forbid it entirely

Question 35

Catalyst for further crowd action (4)

Answer 35

Banquet held to celebrate return of the Flanders regiment
Soldiers toasts a don oaths of loyalty to the king + reports they desecrated the revolutionary tricolore = intense public outrage

Question 36

When was the march to Versailles and when (2)

Answer 36

5 October 1789
6000-7000 people with women in majority set out from Paris to Versailles

Question 37

What did the king agree to following the march to Versailles (3)

Answer 37

Promised to provide more grain for Parisians
Forced to accept the august decrees + DoR
Agreed to demands that he and his family move to Paris

Question 38

When was the royal family taken to Paris

Answer 38

6 October

Question 39

Impact of the march to Versailles (3)

Answer 39

Court and assembly now both in Paris
Future of France was no longer left merely to the discretion of deputies
Both king and politicians subject to constant scrutiny of Parisian mobs