Individuals & Groups
A member of the Society of Thirty and a hero of the American Revolution.
Who was Marquis Lafayette?
An intellectual movement suggesting that a new and better society could be made by making use of scientific method, new technologies and the human quality of Reason.
What was the Enlightenment?
An indoor tennis court.
Where did the Tennis Court Oath take place?
The storming of Bastille.
What happened after Necker's dismissal?
Their goal was to design a new constitution for France based on principles of the Enlightenment.
What was the purpose of the Society of Thirty?
‘We are here by the will of the people, and we will only be dispersed by the force of bayonets’
What did Comte de Mirabeau say?
All men are born free and remain free and equal in rights.
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen say?
It was the first instance of crowd violence in the revolution.
Why were the Réveillon Riots so significant?
What war cost Louis XVI and France a lot of money?
It was influenced by debates about whether the representation of the Third Estate in the Estates-General should be doubled and whether voting would be done by head or order.
What was Abbé Sieyès pamphlet influenced by?
The man who encouraged those assembled to take up arms against the king following Necker's dismissal?
Who is Camille Desmoulins?
The idea originated from the American colonies.
Where did the idea of no taxation without representation originate from?
A series of peasant riots and uprisings in the countryside across France.
What was the Great fear?
Increasing food prices, political and economic issues fused into resentment of government and the privileged estates.
What caused the Réveillon Riots?
Constitutional reform had begun.
Why was the summoning of the Estates General so significant?
12 June 1789.
What date did the Third Estate declare themselves a National Assembly?
It challenged the idea of absolutism and used reason and logic instead of religion to explain ideas.
How did the Enlightenment influence revolution?
They were angered about the king's lack of endorsement of the August Decrees and DORMAC.
Why did the women march to Versailles?
It cost France 1 billion French pounds; by 1786 the state was spending 37.5% of its revenue just paying interest on debt.
What did War cost France?
Deandre.
What is the name of my favourite sheep?
Groups attacked the châteaux and manor houses of the wealthy and aimed to destroy the manorial rolls.
What did the peasants do during the Great Fear?
It was a symbol of royal despotism.
Why was the storming of Bastille so significant?
The age of privilege was over.
What happened after the Night of Patriotic Delirium and the release of the August Decrees?
The king was under pressure to respond to the demands from the Assembly of Notables, the parlements and the public.
Why did the king call the Estates-General?
He was influenced by the example of the Estates-general of Dauphiné, which met after the Day of Tiles in Grenoble (7 June 1788).
What influenced King Louis XVI's choice to double the Third estate representation?