THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Q1. When did the French revolution occur?
Q2. Who was the ruler of France during the revolution?
Q3. Name the three ‘Estates’ into which the French society was divided before the Revolution.
Q4. When did the French Revolution occur?
Q5. What was Bastille?
Q6. Why was Bastille hated by the French people?
Q7. What was feudal system?
Ans. It was a system under which land was granted to landlords in return for military or labour services.
Q8. What was tithes?
Q9. What was taille?
Q10. To whom was the taxes called Tithes payable by the peasants in the eighteenth century France?
Answers
Your answers:-
1. 5 May 1789
2. Louis XVI
3. First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners).
4. Same as ans 1
5. The Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.
6. Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
7. It was a system under which land was granted to landlords in return for military or labour services.
8. Tithe was a tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.
9. Taille was the form of direct tax that the third estate that comprised of merchants, professionals, labourers, court officials had to pay to the state.
10. The taxes called Tithes payable by the peasants in the eighteenth century in France were paid to the Church.