HISTORY 1020 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
the events of the french revolution closely correspond with which of these historical devices -
Answers pendulum model
france was divided into three estates. Why were the First and Second States so closely
associated with each other? - Answers The Second Estate (nobility) often sent their sons to join
the First Estate (clergy)
what was the most important special legal right held by the French nobility? - Answers Tax
exemption
why did the french nobility have rights that the rest of france didn't have - Answers hereditary
privilege
most of the french population was grouped into this category - Answers third estate
the urban working class in france during the time of the french revolution were the - Answers
sans-culottes
most of the tax burden of france was placed on the - Answers peasants
what was the cause of France's extraordinary debt during the financial crisis - Answers funding
the American revolution
what was the issue with Calonne's land tax plan? - Answers the tax would affect the powerful
french nobility, and Louis didn't want retaliation
select the correct sequence of the groups that louis XVI called to pass his new land taxx. -
Answers 1. Assembly of Notables
2. Parlement of Paris
3. Estates- General
the main reason louis didnt want to call the estates-general was because - Answers they hadnt
been called in ages and he knew they would deman that he share power with them
The estates-general was finally called in this year, which marks the beginning of the french
revolution - Answers 1789
True or false: voting in the estates-general was totally fair and not rigged at all because each
delegate got and all the votes were counted individually - Answers false
what was the main idea of the tennis court oath - Answers the third estate pledged to meet
wherever necessary until they had written a constitution for France
The third estate began calling themselves the _______ because they represented the majority of
, french people - Answers national assembly
why did the parisian mob form - Answers the king ordered troops to gather around paris and
versailles
bastille day - Answers july 14 1789
during the great fear, the peasants in the countryside attacked the manor houses so they could
destroy what - Answers the account books
in response to the great fear, the constitution writers conspired to issue the _______ to free the
French serfs from the system of ________, which was like manorialism. - Answers decrees of
August 4th; seigneurialism
who wrote the declaration of the rights of man? - Answers Lafayette
the first new government created by the national assembly after finishing their constitution was
the _______, which had a ________ style of government - Answers legislative assembly ;
constitutional monarchy
the republicans in the legislative assembly were divided into the ______ and ______. - Answers
girondists and jacobins
the jacobins were ______, and they were pro-_______. The Girondists were _________, and they
were pro- _________. - Answers more radical; sans-culottes; less radical ; middle class
who was the very uncharismatic, "Mr. Perfect" leader of the Jacobins who eventually led the
Reign of Terror - Answers Robespierre
Why did the right in the legislative assembly want war with Austria and Prussia? - Answers
credit the government with defeating austria and prussia so the revolution would stop
which of these was the new government created by the republicans because of the war with
Austria and Prussia - Answers National Convention
the execution of the royal family at the hands of the jacobins was especially important because
- Answers their deaths were symbolic of the death of the old regime
under the national convention, France instituted the first modern draft to fight off the austrians
and prussians. What is another name for a military draft - Answers conscription
the citizen soldiers and the rest of the french people who were helping with the war effort were
motivated by ______, which is pride in one's country, people, culture, etc. - Answers Nationalism
what was the motivation behind the reign of terror? - Answers the jacobins -led government
were trying to purge France of any counter- revolutionaries
the events of the french revolution closely correspond with which of these historical devices -
Answers pendulum model
france was divided into three estates. Why were the First and Second States so closely
associated with each other? - Answers The Second Estate (nobility) often sent their sons to join
the First Estate (clergy)
what was the most important special legal right held by the French nobility? - Answers Tax
exemption
why did the french nobility have rights that the rest of france didn't have - Answers hereditary
privilege
most of the french population was grouped into this category - Answers third estate
the urban working class in france during the time of the french revolution were the - Answers
sans-culottes
most of the tax burden of france was placed on the - Answers peasants
what was the cause of France's extraordinary debt during the financial crisis - Answers funding
the American revolution
what was the issue with Calonne's land tax plan? - Answers the tax would affect the powerful
french nobility, and Louis didn't want retaliation
select the correct sequence of the groups that louis XVI called to pass his new land taxx. -
Answers 1. Assembly of Notables
2. Parlement of Paris
3. Estates- General
the main reason louis didnt want to call the estates-general was because - Answers they hadnt
been called in ages and he knew they would deman that he share power with them
The estates-general was finally called in this year, which marks the beginning of the french
revolution - Answers 1789
True or false: voting in the estates-general was totally fair and not rigged at all because each
delegate got and all the votes were counted individually - Answers false
what was the main idea of the tennis court oath - Answers the third estate pledged to meet
wherever necessary until they had written a constitution for France
The third estate began calling themselves the _______ because they represented the majority of
, french people - Answers national assembly
why did the parisian mob form - Answers the king ordered troops to gather around paris and
versailles
bastille day - Answers july 14 1789
during the great fear, the peasants in the countryside attacked the manor houses so they could
destroy what - Answers the account books
in response to the great fear, the constitution writers conspired to issue the _______ to free the
French serfs from the system of ________, which was like manorialism. - Answers decrees of
August 4th; seigneurialism
who wrote the declaration of the rights of man? - Answers Lafayette
the first new government created by the national assembly after finishing their constitution was
the _______, which had a ________ style of government - Answers legislative assembly ;
constitutional monarchy
the republicans in the legislative assembly were divided into the ______ and ______. - Answers
girondists and jacobins
the jacobins were ______, and they were pro-_______. The Girondists were _________, and they
were pro- _________. - Answers more radical; sans-culottes; less radical ; middle class
who was the very uncharismatic, "Mr. Perfect" leader of the Jacobins who eventually led the
Reign of Terror - Answers Robespierre
Why did the right in the legislative assembly want war with Austria and Prussia? - Answers
credit the government with defeating austria and prussia so the revolution would stop
which of these was the new government created by the republicans because of the war with
Austria and Prussia - Answers National Convention
the execution of the royal family at the hands of the jacobins was especially important because
- Answers their deaths were symbolic of the death of the old regime
under the national convention, France instituted the first modern draft to fight off the austrians
and prussians. What is another name for a military draft - Answers conscription
the citizen soldiers and the rest of the french people who were helping with the war effort were
motivated by ______, which is pride in one's country, people, culture, etc. - Answers Nationalism
what was the motivation behind the reign of terror? - Answers the jacobins -led government
were trying to purge France of any counter- revolutionaries
