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Answers
VERY SHORT ANSWERS
1. Why was the Bastille hated by all?
Ans. Because the Bastille stood for the despotic power of the king.
2. What form of government was in practice in France in 1789?
Ans. Monarchy
3. When did the French Revolution break?
Ans. In the morning on 14th July 1789.
4. Who stormed the Bastille, the fortress prison during the last years of the 18th century?
Ans. On the morning of 14 July 1789, the people of Paris stormed the fortress prison, the Bastille’.
5. When was the fortress prison, the Bastille demolished by the people?
Ans. On 14th July 1789.
SHORT ANSWERS:-
1. State any three points of significance of storming the Bastille.
Or
What is the significance of the storming of the Bastille? What is meant by people’s militia?
Ans. (1) The significance of the storming of the Bastille is as follows:
(i)Bastille was the symbol of autocracy.
(ii) The Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king.
(iii) The demolition of this fortress-prison symbolized the end of the era of despotism.
(2) People’s militia means an army of common men.
2. Describe the events of 14th July 1789.
Or
Trace the events which led to the fall of the Bastille.
Or
Describe the incident which took place in the morning of 14 July 1789 in France.
Ans. (1) The city of Paris was alarmed in the morning of 14th July 1789.
(2) The king had commanded troops to move into the city.
(3) Rumours spread all around that the king would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.
(4) About 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and formed a people’s militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms.
(5) Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille.
FRENCH SOCIETY DURING THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
VERY SHORT ANSWERS:-
1.In how many estates was the French society divided in the eighteenth country?
Ans. Three estates namely
(a) Clergy,
(b) Nobility,
(c) Small businessmen, peasants, landler labour and artisans.
2. Name any two classes of people who belonged to the third estate in France.
Ans. Small businessmen and peasants.
3. ‘lb which dynasty was Louis XVI related?
Ans. Louis XVI was related to Bourbon dynasty.
4. Name the tax which was charged by the church from the peasants?
Ans. The tax which was charged by the church from the peasants was Tithe.\
5. What were Tithes and Taille?
Ans. Tithe: It was a tax collected by the church from the French peasants.
Tithe: Tax to be paid directly to the State.
6. Who refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the Monarch?
Ans. John Locke refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the Monarch.
7. To whom were the taxes called ‘tithes’ payable by the peasants in the eighteenth centuryFrance?
Ans. The tithe was a tax levied by the church on the peasants, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.
8. Who wrote the book ‘Two Treatises of Government’?
Ans. John Locke wrote the book ‘Two Treatises of Government’.
9. Who enjoyed certain privileges by birth in the French society during the late eighteenth? Century?
Ans. The members of the first two estates that were clergy and the nobility enjoyed certain privileges by birth.
10. Name the tax which was paid directly to the State in France.
Ans. ‘Taille’ is the name of the direct tax paid to the State.
11. Who wrote ‘The Spirit of the Laws’?
Ans. Montesquieu is the writer of ‘The Spirit of the Laws’.
12. The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of which social groups in France.
Ans. Middle-class groups.
13. Which book has proposed a division of power within the government?
Ans. The Spirit of the Laws.
SHORT ANSWERS:-
1.What role did the middle class play in bringing about social and economic changes France? Explain.
Ans. (1) In the eighteenth century, middle class brought many changes the social-economic life of France.
(2) This class believed that no group in society should be privileged by birth.
(3) A person’s social position must depend on his merit.
(4) The society should be based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all.
(5) The government should be based on a social contract between people and their representatives.
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