1. On which day was Paris on alarm?
2. Whom did the king command to move into the city?
3. What rumour spread in Paris?
4. How many people gathered in front of the town hall?
5. Why did they break into a number of government buildings?
6. Why did a group of several hundred people storm the fortress prison Bastille?
7. How many prisoners were there in Bastille?
8. Why was Bastille hated by all?
9. Who bought the stone fragments of Bastille?
10. Who became the king of France in 1774?
11. Which family did the king belong to?
12. At what age did Louis become the king of France?
13. Who was Louis married to?
14. Upon his accession, what did he find?
15. Whom did France help under Louis Xi to gain their independence?
16. What do you mean by the term Old Regime?
17. How many peasants were there in France?
18. What do you mean by the term “tithes”?
19. Who were the members of the first two estates?
20. What was the direct tax called?
21. Who had the burden of taxes of the state?
22. What services were the peasants obliged to render to the lord?
23. What was the population of France in 1715?
24. What was the population of France in 1789?
25. What was the staple food of the people of France?
26. What is Subsistence Crisis?
Answers
Answer:
Subsistence crisis can be defined as an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered. In France, due to the rapid expansion of the population from 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789, a subsistence crisis occurred.
Answer:
1-14 July 1789
2-the king command the troops to move into the
city
3-On the morning of 14 July 1789, Rumours spread in Paris that king had commanded his troop to move in the city and he would soon order the troops to open fire upon the citizens
4-7,000 men
5-for search of army
6-On 14 July, 1789, the people stormed the fortress prison at Bastille (in Paris) because it stood for the status of monarchy. Also it had revolutionary prisoners in it. People though that it also had hoard of weapons
7-seven prisoners
8-Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
9-when the fortress was demolished and it stone ffragment were sold in the market to all those who whised to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
10-Louis XVI
11-bourbon family
12-four years eight months.
13-Marie Antoinette
14- upon his accession he found an empyt treasury .
15-Under Louis XVI, France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain their independence from the common enemy, Britain
16-The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789. 2.
17-nineteen million peasants
18-A tax lived by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agriculture produce.
19-The first estate consisted of the nobility, the second estate comprised of the clergy and the Church and the third included peasants, merchants, farmers and laborers
20-Taille was the direct tax. It (Taille) was levied on items used for daily consumption, such as tobacco, salt,
21-1. New York 12.28%
2. Hawaii 11.48%
3 .Vermont 10.73%
4.Maine 10.57%
22-Peasants were obliged to render services to the lord – to work in his house and fields – to serve in the army or to participate in building roads.
23-23 million
24-roughly 28 million
25-Bread
26-Subsistence crisis can be defined as an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered. In France, due to the rapid expansion of the population from 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789, a