5. At the time of the
(a) Louis XIV
(c) Louis XVI
(d) Napoleon Bonaparte
II. Fill in the Blank Questions
1. Slavery was finally abolished in French Colonies in
2. The Reign of
in France lasted till 1794 when Robespierre was exe
3.
was the term used for the tax that was directly paid to the state
France before the Revolution of 1789.
4. Society and institutions of France before 1789 were called
Regimo
5. French emperor Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette were executed in
III. True (T)/False (F) Questions
1. In France absolute monarchy was replaced by constitutional monarchy with limited po
2. France came under the rule of a directory in 1794.
3. Robespierre was the leader of the Jacobins.
4. Girondins were the moderate members of the National Assembly.
5. Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as emperor of France in 1802.
IV. Very Short Answer Type Questions
1. What did the Third Estate comprise?
2. When did the French Revolution begin?
3. What was the decision taken by the convention?
4. Why did a 'Subsistence Crisis' happen in France?
5. In the war against Prussia and Austria, which patriotic song was sung by the Fren
this song?
ST
Answers
Answer:
5. Louis XVI
1. 1794, its re-establishment in 1802 and then a second – and permanent – abolition in 1848.
2. the riegn of terror in France lasted till 1794 when Robespierre was executed.
3. The taille, a direct land tax on the peasantry and non-nobles, became a major source of royal income. ... In the decades leading to the French Revolution, peasants paid a land tax to the state (the taille) and a 5% property tax.
4. Old Regime.
5. Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793. Marie Antoinette's trial began on 14 October 1793, and two days later she was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, also by guillotine, on the Place de la Révolution.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False
1. the third estate consisted of the peasants, lawyers, artisans and other professionals and it also consisted of the farmers, peasants and other poor people.
2. 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799.
3. One of the most important decision of the Convention of France was the abolition of monarchy and declaration of France as republic.
4. The reasons that led to subsistence crisis are (i) The population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789 which led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains. (ii) Production of grains could not keep pace with the increasing demand.
5. la Marseillaise
During the war against purssia and austria the army sang the song " la Marseillaise " written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle . this song was adopted as the national anthem of France 1879 and has remained so ever since.