1. List out the important dates associated with the french revolution.
2. Why did the people of France attack manor houses?
3. Explain the political system under the constitution of 1791.
4. Who was Mirabeau?
5. Locate the following places on the outline map of France [ You can trace from your
textbook]
a. Paris
b. Nantes
Answers
Explanation:
2) The Great Fear (French: Grande Peur) was a general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. ... In response to these rumors, fearful peasants armed themselves in self-defense and, in some areas, attacked manor houses.
3) Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.
4)Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau was a leader of the early stages of the French Revolution. A noble, he had been involved in numerous scandals before the start of the Revolution in 1789 that had left his reputation in ruins.
Explanation:
1. Answer
Some key moments in the French Revolution, 1789- 1794
1789
January 24
Louis XVI summons the Estates General
May 5
Estates General convenes
June 20
The “Tennis Court Oath”
July 11
Louis dismisses Necker, a popular minister
July 14
Storming of the Bastille
August 4
Abolition of feudal (noble, clerical) rights
August 26
Declaration of the Rights of Man
October 5-6
The Wives’ March; Louis “kidnapped” back to Paris
1790
May 19
National Assembly abolishes the nobility
July 12
Civil Constitution of the French Clergy
November 27
Clergy instructed to swear allegiance to France
1791
March 10
Pope Pius VI condemns the Civil Constitution of the Clergy
June 20-21
Louis & Marie Antoinette flee; captured at Varennes
August 27
Declaration of Pillnitz: Austria & Prussia express support for Louis
September
New Constitution ratified (with support of Louis)
1792
April 20
France declares war on Austria
April 25
First use of guillotine
June 13
Prussia declares war on France
August 9
Paris Commune established
August 10
Parisians storm Tuileries palace; end of Louis XVI’s power
September 20
French cannons drive back Prussians at Valmy
September 21
French Republic proclaimed
1793
January 21
Louis XVI executed
February 1
France declares war on Britain and Netherlands
April 6
Committee of Public Safety founded
June 24
New Constitution proclaimed
August 12
Mass conscription instituted
October 5
Republican calendar adopted
October 16
Marie Antoinette executed
1794
July 28
Robespierre guillotined
2. Answer:
The Great Fear (French: Grande Peur) was a general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution.
3.Answer:Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. ... The constitution lasted less than a year.
4. Answer:
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
French Politician
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