Year 8
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn how the crisis Louis XVI faced turned into a revolution. We will find out about why 1789 has gone down as one of the most important years in history. We will also be looking for evidence of Enlightenment ideas in the key events and documents produced.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following were the three Estates in eighteenth century France?
Archbishops, bishops and priests
Bourgeoisie, sans culottes and peasants
Emperors, kings and dukes
Q2.
What was the name of France's monarch in 1789?
Catherine the Great
George III
George Washington
Q3.
What was the name of the prison where critics of the French government could be sent without a trial?
The Constitution
The Salons
Versailles
Q4.
Who were the aristocracy?
People who worked for the Church (also known as the clergy).
Poor urban workers also known as the sans culottes.
The new wealthy middle class also known as the bourgeoisie.
Q5.
Which of the following is a reason why the Enlightenment might have contributed to making 1789 a crisis year for Louis XVI?
The Enlightenment created new social groups like the sans culottes.
The Enlightenment increased France's debt.
The Enlightenment made the peasants so poor they could not afford to pay tax.
5 Questions
Q1.
What was the name of the important meeting where Louis XVI hoped to make decisions about how France should deal with its debt and taxation problems?
Representatives of the Third Estate
The Third Estate
The Three Estates
Q2.
Which of the following events was led by the sans culottes of Paris?
Calling the Estates General
The Tennis Court Oath
Writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Q3.
What does 'constitution' mean?
A country ruled by a monarch and a parliament
A country where the people are sovereign
A system of government where a President rather than a monarch rules
Q4.
Which of the following became a slogan of the French revolutionaries?
"Long live the king"
"No taxation without representation"
"Peace, land and bread"
Q5.
Which of the following events was led by bourgeois representatives of the Third Estate?
Calling the Estates General
Storming the Bastille
Women's march on Versailles