Question

1. Describe the storming of the prison Bastille in France.

2. Describe the political and economic condition of France during the 18th century.

3. Describe the social condition of France during the 18th century. OR How was the French

society organised?

4. What was the ‘subsistence crisis’ in France? How did it arise?

5. Who were the groups of people who protested rising taxes and food scarcity in France?

What was the result? How did the emergence of the middle class help French society?

6. What role did philosophers play in bringing about the French Revolution?

7. Examine the factors that led to the French Revolution.

8. Examine the incidents preceding the outbreak of the French Revolution

9. What were the immediate results of the outbreak of the French Revolution?

10. Why did the Third Estate walk out from the Estate General called by the King Louis XVI

in France?

11. How did France Become a Constitutional Monarchy?

12. Write a short note on the Constitution of 1791 in France.

13. Why were the women disappointed by the Constitution of 1791 in France? What laws did

the revolutionary government introduce to improve the lives of women?

14. Why is Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen regarded as a revolutionary

document?

15. How did France become a Republic?

16. Who were the Jacobins? What role did they play in making France a republic? OR Name

the popular political club in France. Who was its leader?

17. What was the Reign of Terror in France? Or Why is the period from 1793 to 1794

referred to as ‘reign of terror’ in France?

18. What were the measures taken by Robespierre’s government in bringing equality in

French society?

19. Why was a Directory appointed to rule France? What was the result? Or Under what

circumstances did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power in France?

20. What were the measures taken by the revolutionary government to improve the status of

women in France?

21. What setback did women’s movement face in France during the Reign of Terror?

22. How and when did the women in France get right to vote?

23. What role did women play during the revolutionary years in France?​

Answer 1

Answer:

answer no 15 - In 1792,the emperor of France was dethroned and executed by his pupils. thereafter the France become republic