List the questions that the king asked the last peasant . How did the peasant answer the kings final two questions ?
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Answer:
Question 1.
Who was the ruler of France during the revolution?
Answer:
Louis XVI of the Bourbon family was the ruler of France.
Question 2.
Name the three ‘Estates’ into which the French society was divided before the Revolution.
Answer:
The First Estate — Clergy
The Second Estate — Nobility
The Third Estate — Common people.
Question 3.
When did the French Revolution occur?
Answer:
14th July, 1789.
Question 4.
What was tithes?
Answer:
It was a tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.
Question 5.
What was taille?
Answer:
It was a direct tax to be paid to the State.
Question 6.
Who formed the National Assembly in France in 1789?
Answer:
Third Estate
Question 7.
To whom was the taxes called Tithes payable by the peasants in the eighteenth century France?
Answer:
Church.
Question 8.
Which class of society in France was behind the French Revolution?
Answer:
Middle class.
Question 9.
What was the slogan of the French revolutionaries?
Answer:
Liberty, Fraternity and Equality.
Question 10.
On what charges was Louis XVI of France sentenced to death?
Answer:
Treason.
Question 11.
What was feudal system?
Answer:
It was a system under which land was granted to landlords in return for military or labour services.
Question 12.
Which philosopher had forwarded the principle of voting by the assembly as a whole, where each member should have one vote, during the rule of louis XVI?
Answer:
Rousseau.
Question 13.
In which book did Rousseau mention the idea of one person, one vote?
Answer:
The Social Contract.
Question 14.
Give the titles of the books written by :
(a) Rousseau
(b) Charles Montesquieu
Answer:
(a) The Social Contract,
(b) The Spirit of the Laws.
Question 15.
What was the theme of the book ‘The Spirit of the Laws’ written by Montesquieu?
Answer:
Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
Question 16.
Which book has proposed a division of power within government?
Answer:
‘The Spirit of the Laws’.
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