FR - part 2 - The French Revolution
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What action did Louis XVI take without consulting the Assembly leaders?

  • Dismissal of Necker, his minister of finance (correct)
  • Establishing some form of constitutional monarchy
  • Mustering royal troops near Versailles and Paris
  • Contemplating the use of force against the National Constituent Assembly

    • What was the staple food of the poor in Paris during the winter and spring of 1789?

  • Rice
  • Corn
  • Bread (correct)
  • Potatoes

    • Who did the king decide to throw in his lot with against the emerging forces of reform?

  • Populace of Paris
  • National Constituent Assembly
  • Reformist politicians
  • Conservative aristocracy (correct)

    • What did most of the National Constituent Assembly wish to establish?

    <p>Some form of constitutional monarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What natural rights were proclaimed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

    <p>Liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main demand of the Parisian Women's March on Versailles?

    <p>More bread</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Constituent Assembly aim to achieve through reorganizing France?

    <p>Pursue constitutional monarchy and rationalism in administration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who could vote according to the Constitution of 1791?

    <p>Active citizens based on taxes paid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Assembly aim to protect and limit through its principles?

    <p>Property in all its forms and direct popular pressure on the government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What influenced the nineteenth-century liberals across Europe according to the text?

    <p>The principles of the French Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen emphasize?

    <p>Civic equality and popular sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Constitution of 1791 establish?

    <p>A unicameral Legislative Assembly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the response of the king to the Parisian Women's March on Versailles?

    <p>He agreed to sanction the decrees of the Assembly and moved to Paris</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen specifically apply to?

    <p>Men only</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of monarchy did the National Constituent Assembly pursue?

    <p>Constitutional monarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Constituent Assembly reject?

    <p>Social equality and extensive democracy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people were excluded from voting and holding office during the French Revolution?

    <p>Women</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Assembly do with the land and property of the Roman Catholic Church in France?

    <p>Used it to finance the debt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Chapelier Law forbid in 1791?

    <p>Workers' associations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Constituent Assembly do with ancient French provinces?

    <p>Abolished them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Olympe de Gouges demand in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman in 1791?

    <p>Recognition of paternity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Constituent Assembly do with the grain trade?

    <p>Liberated it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Assembly do with the ancient judicial courts in France?

    <p>Abolished them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Assembly do with the metric system?

    <p>Established it for uniform weights and measures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Assembly do with workers' associations through the Chapelier Law?

    <p>Forbade them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Assembly do with assignats in December 1789?

    <p>Guaranteed their value with revenue from the sale of church property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Assembly do with the value of assignats?

    <p>Guaranteed their value with revenue from the sale of church property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the National Assembly do with the power structure in France?

    <p>Shifted power from aristocratic wealth to all forms of propertied wealth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main consequence of the issuance of assignats by the National Constituent Assembly?

    <p>Inflation and stress on the urban poor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy's transformation of the Roman Catholic Church in France?

    <p>Immense opposition and a crisis of conscience among Catholics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, initiating a Roman Catholic offensive against the revolution?

    <p>Pope Pius VI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who were the émigrés and what was their action in response to the revolution?

    <p>Aristocrats who left France to foment counterrevolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the king's attempted flight to Varennes in June 1791?

    <p>It led to profound distrust in the political scene</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the leaders of the National Constituent Assembly announce as a public fiction regarding the king's situation?

    <p>The king had been abducted from the capital</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who issued the Declaration of Pillnitz, promising to intervene in France to protect the royal family and preserve the monarchy?

    <p>Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick William II of Prussia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the revolutionaries perceive the Declaration of Pillnitz?

    <p>As a serious threat, with the nation surrounded by aristocratic and monarchical foes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of issuing assignats by the National Constituent Assembly?

    <p>To liquidate national debt and create new property owners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy on the Roman Catholic Church in France?

    <p>Reduced the number of bishoprics and made pastors and bishops state employees</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

    <p>Pope Pius VI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the émigrés, including the king's younger brother, the count of Artois, do after leaving France?

    <p>Foment counterrevolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the consequence of the king's attempted flight to Varennes in June 1791?

    <p>Profound distrust in the political scene</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the leaders of the National Constituent Assembly announce about the king's situation?

    <p>A public fiction that the king had been abducted from the capital</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick William II of Prussia promise in the Declaration of Pillnitz?

    <p>To intervene in France to protect the royal family and preserve the monarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the revolutionaries in France perceive the Declaration of Pillnitz?

    <p>As a serious threat, seeing the nation surrounded by aristocratic and monarchical foes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    French Revolution: Key Events and Reactions

    • The National Constituent Assembly issued assignats, initially limited, but later increased to liquidate national debt and create new property owners, resulting in inflation and stress on the urban poor.
    • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy transformed the Roman Catholic Church in France, reducing the number of bishoprics and making pastors and bishops state employees, leading to immense opposition and a crisis of conscience among Catholics.
    • Pope Pius VI condemned the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, marking the beginning of a Roman Catholic offensive against the revolution.
    • Aristocrats, known as émigrés, left France to foment counterrevolution, with the king's younger brother, the count of Artois, among the important figures.
    • The king's attempted flight to Varennes in June 1791 was recognized, halting the escape and leading to profound distrust in the political scene.
    • The leaders of the National Constituent Assembly announced a public fiction that the king had been abducted from the capital, signaling the fragility of the constitutional monarchy.
    • Under pressure from émigrés, Emperor Leopold II of Austria and King Frederick William II of Prussia issued the Declaration of Pillnitz, promising to intervene in France to protect the royal family and preserve the monarchy.
    • The Declaration of Pillnitz was taken seriously in France, as revolutionaries saw the nation surrounded by aristocratic and monarchical foes seeking to undo the revolution's accomplishments.

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    Test your knowledge of the French Revolution's legislative and economic reforms, as well as key events and reactions that shaped the turbulent period of social and political upheaval in France. Explore the shifts in power, exclusion of certain groups from political participation, economic policies, and the impact of significant events on the revolution.

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