VIRTUAL CLASS 2021 - 22
REVISION TEST SOCIAL SCIENCES Mark - 10
1. What is meant by the Estate General ? 1
2. When was the fortress of Bastille attacked and demolished by the people of France ? 1
3. What was the importance of the destruction of the Bastille and the Tennis Court Oath in the History of France. 2
4. Mention three main points of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. 3
5. Name three documents of three countries which formed the basis of freedom and rights of the citizens. 3
INSTRUCTION :
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Answers
Answer:
answer 2
Explanation:
Fortress prison Bastille was destroyed by the people for weapons, they killed the commander and released the prisoners (they were only 7 prisoners).It was destroyed on 14 July 1789.
The fortress was demolished and it's stone fragments were sold in the markets to all thise who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction
1. What is meant by the Estate General ?
The Estates-General was an assembly comprising the clergy of the French nobles and the middle class. Before the French Revolution, which took place in 1789, the general assembly was recognized as the Estates-General. The Estates-General represented all of France's three estates.
2. When was the fortress of Bastille attacked and demolished by the people of France ?
14 July 1789
It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. It was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille.
3. What was the importance of the destruction of the Bastille and the Tennis Court Oath in the History of France.
The Tennis Court Oath was significant because it showed the growing unrest against Louis XVI and laid the foundation for later events, including: the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the storming of the Bastille.
4. Mention three main points of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
The first article contains the document's central statement: “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” It states that the purpose of “political association” should be the preservation of these rights, enumerated as “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.”
5. Name three documents of three countries which formed the basis of freedom and rights of the citizens.
Documents asserting individual rights, such the Magna Carta (1215), the English Bill of Rights (1689), the French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789), and the US Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791) are the written precursors to many of today's human rights documents.