1.State the significance of the French Revolution
2.Explain in brief about.
a.The National Convention
b.The Continental system
3.Mention any two economic reforms introduced by Napoleon.
4.What is Tennis Court Oath? State its significance.
5.Explain any three political causes that contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution?
6.What was the role played by the intellectuals during the French Revolution? 7.Mention any three salient features inscribed in the Constitution drafted by the National Constituent Assembly in 1791.
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In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate, which represent commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. In these modest surroundings, they took the historic Tennis Court Oath, with which they agreed not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted.
Louis XVI, who ascended the French throne in 1774, proved unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. In 1789, in a desperate attempt to address France’s economic crisis, Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three “estates” of the French people–the nobles, the clergy, and the commons. The Estates-General had not been assembled since 1614, and its deputies drew up long lists of grievances and called for sweeping political and social reforms.