23. Read the sources given below and answer the questions that follow:
Source A: The Outbreak of the Revolution
On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estates-General to
pass proposals for new taxes. A resplendent hall in Versailles was prepared to host
the delegates. The first and second estates sent 300 representatives each, who
were seated in rows facing each other on two sides, while the 600 members of the
third estate had to stand at the back. The third estate was represented by its more
prosperous and educated members. Peasants, artisans and women were denied
entry to the assembly. However, their grievances and demands were listed in some
40,000 letters that the representatives had brought with them.
Source B: A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges
The third estate included professions such as lawyers or administrative officials. All
of these were educated and believed that no group in society should be privileged
by birth. Rather, a person’s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas
envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all
were put forward by philosophers such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau.
In his Two Treatises of Government, Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the
divine and absolute right of the monarch. Rousseau carried the idea forward,
proposing a form of government based on a social contract between people and
their representatives. In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu proposed a division of
power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the
judiciary.
Source C: France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy
The Constitution of 1791 vested the power to make laws in the National Assembly,
which was indirectly elected. That is, citizens voted for a group of electors, who in
turn chose the Assembly. Not all citizens, however, had the right to vote. Only men
above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer’s wage
were given the status of active citizens, that is, they were entitled to vote. The
remaining men and all women were classed as passive citizens. To qualify as an
elector and then as a member of the Assembly, a man had to belong to the highest
bracket of taxpayers.
Questions:
i. Source A: What was Estates General?
ii. Source B: How the powers were divided?
iii. Source C: What authorities were given to the National Assembly?
Answers
Answer:
hey daisy Sharma here is your answer -
Explanation:
As you have asked three questions about from source A , B , C
So , here are your answers. -
Ans 1. Source A : Estates General was an assembly called together Louis XVI . This assembly pass proposals for new taxes. A resplendent hall in Versailles was prepared to host the delegates .
Ans 2 . Source B :The powers were divided as by like -
The third estate included professions such as lawyers or administrative officials. All
of these were educated and believed that no group in society should be privileged
by birth. Rather, a person’s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas
envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all
were put forward by philosophers such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau.
In his Two Treatises of Government, Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the
divine and absolute right of the monarch. Rousseau carried the idea forward,
Ans 3 - Source C : The authorities given to national assembly were -
(I) - citizens voted for a group of electors, who in
turn chose the Assembly. Not all citizens, however, had the right to vote.
(ii) - Only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer’s wage
were given the status of active citizens, that is, they were entitled to vote.
(iii) - The remaining men and all women were classed as passive citizens.
(iv) - To qualify as an elector and then as a member of the Assembly, a man had to belong to the highest
bracket of taxpayers.
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