France AOS1
What medieval fortress and royal prison in Paris was stormed on 14 July 1789, becoming the ultimate symbol of the fall of royal absolutism?
What is the Bastille?
Passed by the National Assembly on 26 August 1789, which revolutionary manifesto famously declared in Article 1 that "All men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?
What is The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (DORMAC)?
Which popular Swiss finance minister published the Compte rendu au roi in 1781, misleading the public by claiming that the French royal treasury had a 10-million livre surplus?
What is Jacques Necker?
Following his trial for treason against the nation, former King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793 under what revolutionary citizen name?
What is Citizen Louis Capet?
On 20 June 1789, after finding themselves locked out of their regular meeting hall at Versailles, Third Estate deputies gathered in a nearby venue and swore an oath not to separate until they had written a constitution for France. What was this event called?
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Passed on 12 July 1790, what legislation reorganized the French Catholic Church into 83 departmental dioceses and turned priests into salaried state civil servants elected by parishioners?
What is the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
In April 1789, violent riots broke out in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine district of Paris after a wallpaper manufacturer was misunderstood to have advocated lowering workers' wages. What was the name of these riots?
What is the Reveillon Riots (26–29 April 1789)?
Under the 1791 Constitution (and Abbé Sieyès's voting framework), what specific term was used to describe adult men over 25 who paid at least three days' worth of labor in direct taxes, giving them the right to vote?
What is Active Citizens?
On 7 June 1788, residents of Grenoble threw heavy roofing materials from their houses at royal soldiers who had been sent to arrest magistrates of the local Parlement. By what name is this early "Aristocratic Revolt" clash known?
What is the Day of Tiles?
Enacted on 10 June 1794 during the "High Terror", which draconian law stripped accused political suspects of their right to legal counsel and witnesses, leaving the Revolutionary Tribunal with only two outcomes: acquittal or death?
What is the Law of 22 Prairal?