French revolution; topic 5, Revolution May- Oct 1789

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could the 1st and 2nd estates out vote the 3rd?
yes
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what of the following is a major social source of resentment
all other answers
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who/what complained that the church was poor because they didn't recieve the entire tithe?
Curés
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higher clergy enjoyed huge incomes which made the position......
desirable
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what problems did the king's personal gift of securing the clergy's younger sons with the careers of court nobles lead to?
absenteeism; pluralism
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when were the poor harvests which were major reason for increased rural poverty?
1770-1789
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what was a long term economical issue?
land holding; on a man's death, his land was equally among his heirs rather than going to his eldest son.
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in which year was 1/4th French farmland owned by small peasant farmers and the rest rented out in small plots?
1789
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what industry did agricultural problems affect which added to rural poverty?
Woolen industry
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what did the growth in towns lead to?
problems and tensions in urban population
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who often lived in towns?
ALL OF THEM
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who were the majority of population in towns?
unskilled workers and the poor
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what triggered public disorder in towns?
any sudden rises in prices
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Weather in the early months of 1789 was the coldest in living memory; when did food prices rise to a high point during that year?
14th July
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Louis triedto regain the initiative by holding ....
séance royale
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Louis closed the meeting room of the 3rd Estate/National Assembly which they saw as a despotic act. The deuties moved to a nearby Tennis court and swore to an Oath (tennis court oath) to not to disperse until they had given France.......
a constitution
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Louis offered concessions on taxes but said the decrees of the national assembly of what day were unacceptable and therefore void?
17th June
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more clergy and nobles joined the third Estate until when were they numbered 830 members?
27th June
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when did Louis take action in moving more troops into Paris/Versailles area?
last week of June 1789
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when did this happen: over 20,000 troops in the area, Louis felt strong enough to dismiss popular minister, Necker, as he didn't want to implement his reforms.
11th July 1789
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when did this happen: news of Necker's dismisal reached Paris and inflamed a tense situation. high food prices had already led to rioting. Necker was swwn as the minister to solve the economic crises. Armed Revolt was triggered.
12th July 1789
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when did this happen: Baracades were erected to stop any royal troop entering Paris. In Versailles, the National Assembly called for the removal of all troops.
13th July 1789
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when did this happen:Parisians seized muskets and cannon from the arsenal, Les Invalides, then went to the Bastille for the gunpowder and cartridges stored there.
14th July 1789
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what is being described: a royal fortress and prison, a symbole of royal power.
Bastillle
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when did this happen: Louis visited the National Assembly to announce he was withdrawing all troops from Paris/Versailles.
15th July 1789
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whatwas the name of the new revolutionary council called created by the Paris electors?
Commune
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who commanded the National guard which was previouslycalled the citizen's militia?
Lafayette
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what group did the national guard want to keep under control?
Sans-culottes
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when did this happen: Louis now had to share power with the national assembly. recalled Necker and visited Paris, where he recognised that legality of the Commune and the national guard. Louis' youngest brother went into exile.
17th July 1789
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what day in August 1789 did the National Assembly vote for the August decree?
4th
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Feudal rights on people were abolished; tithes, hunting rights, seigneurial courts were abolished; all citizens were to be taxed equally; all were eligible for any office in church, state or army. What decree was this?
August Decree
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when was the first draft of the Declaration of the Rghts of Man and the Citizens written?
26th August 1789
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when did the vote take place to allow Louis a suspensive veto which could delay laws for up to 4 years but couldn't veto them completely?
11th September 1789
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who helped draft the Declaration of the Rights of Men, was elected commander of the new national guard of paris and saved the royal familly from mobs in october 1789?
Lafayette
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who had control over finance in 1789 through the influence of Marie-Antoinette but failed to cope with the worsening financial crisis and resigned Aug 1788?
Brienne
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who in 1788 issued 1st public report on royal finances to show that they were in good order, minor details of court expenditure were seized upon by enemies of the monarchy as examples of extravagant royal spending and lost the support of the court?
Necker
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who in 1783 was Louis' chief minister, managed royal finances by spending offices and by lavish spending; was unsuccessful in raising loans in 1785 and early 1786 and told Louis Aug 1786 the government was close to bankrupt?
Calonne
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who became a Montagnard deputy in the national Convention in 1792; survived an attack by the Girondins April 1793; was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin Conservative after the Girondins had been expelled from the Convention?
Marat
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who was the deputy in the national convention 1792; voted for the king's execution but his opposition to the extremes of the terror led to his death by guillotine April 1794?
Desmoulins
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