Topic 2

Question 1

The Great Fear

Answer 1

July - Aug 1789

Question 2

The August Decrees

Answer 2

4-11 / 5 Aug 1789

Question 3

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

Answer 3

26 Aug 1789

Question 4

The October Days

Answer 4

5 Oct 1789

Question 5

King Louis refused to sanction the August Decrees

Answer 5

5 Aug 1789

Question 6

Marat’s radical newspaper

Answer 6

‘L’Ami du peuple’

Question 7

Desmoulins’ radical newspaper

Answer 7

‘Les Révolutions de France’

Question 8

How many marched on Versailles in October Days?

Answer 8

6000-7000

Question 9

where did royal family move to as a result of October Days?

Answer 9

Tuileries Palace

Question 10

causes of October Days

Answer 10

• Louis refused to sanction August Decrees (5 Aug)
• Louis voiced objections to Dec. of Rights
• Marat and Desmoulins said Louis’ officers trampled a revolutionary cockade

Question 11

How many monarchist deputies gave up position in CA after being moved to Paris (October Days)

Answer 11

56 - blow to Louis’ support in CA

Question 12

how much money is Louis granted by the CA as part of their reforms?

Answer 12

25 million livres

Question 13

male citizens over 25 who paid equivalent of 3 days unskilled labour in local taxes allowed to vote. when was this included in a law?

Answer 13

Dec 1789

Question 14

unpopular taxes such as taille and gabelle, as well as tithes and feudal dues were abolished by…

Answer 14

end of 1789

Question 15

When did the Constituent Assembly nationalise Church land?

Answer 15

2nd Nov 1789

Question 16

How much moneys worth of church/emigre land was auctioned off

Answer 16

400 million livres’

Question 17

how much land auctioned off by the CA was bought by the bourgeoisie?

Answer 17

around 1/2

Question 18

why could peasants now accumulate more wealth due to economic reforms of CA?

Answer 18

significant proportion of land auctioned off bought by peasantry. no longer had to pay tithes or dues.

Question 19

when did the new taxation system come into effect?

Answer 19

Jan 1791

Question 20

Negative of sale of Church land and abolition of tithes

Answer 20

Church institutions provided only healthcare and education poor could afford but may had to close as Church got poorer.

Question 21

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Answer 21

sanctioned 12th July 1790

Question 22

CA insisted all priests swear oath of allegiance to Assembly and Constitution.

Answer 22

27th Nov 1790

Question 23

how many bishops and priests took the oath of allegiance to the CA and Constitution?

Answer 23

7/83 bishops
under half priests (priests that didn’t = refractory priests)

Question 24

when did the Legislative Assembly banish refractory priests?

Answer 24

27th April 1792

Question 25

when did the CA grant full civil rights to Protestants?

Answer 25

1789

Question 26

when did the CA grant full civil rights to Jews?

Answer 26

1791

Question 27

When were parlements abolished?

Answer 27

Aug 1790

Question 28

what percentage of men could vote in 1789?

Answer 28

70%

Question 29

When did the Feuillants break away from the Jacobin Club?

Answer 29

July 1791, after Flight to Varennes

Question 30

When was Robespierre elected president of Jacobin club?

Answer 30

March 1790

Question 31

bad harvest increased bread prices

Answer 31

1791

Question 32

wave of strikes and riots against economic hardship in the year…

Answer 32

1791

Question 33

When was the monarchy club established in Paris?

Answer 33

1790

Question 34

By when did the Monarchy Club cease to exists

Answer 34

spring 1791

Question 35

by when was French politics becoming more divided

Answer 35

early 1791

Question 36

When was Mirabeau revealed to be being paid by the royal court?

Answer 36

late 1790

Question 37

when did Mirabeau die?

Answer 37

April 1791