2.4- Flight To Varennes And The Champ De Mars Massacre

Question 1

What power would Louis have when the new constitution became law?

Answer 1

Only the right to appoint ministers and a veto over new laws for five years

Question 2

What was Marie Antoinette committed to?

Answer 2

Restoring the absolute monarchy with all its old powers

Question 3

What happened in March 1791?

Answer 3

The pope condemned the civil constitution of the clergy

Question 4

What did Louis think about the priests who had sworn the oath to the constitution?

Answer 4

He saw them as despicable

Question 5

What did Louis do as 1791 went on?

Answer 5

He was avoiding church services where mass was celebrated by a priest who had sworn the oath

Question 6

What happened in April 1791?

Answer 6

The royal family tried to leave Paris to spend Easter at Saint Cloud

Question 7

What did Parisian crowds do when the royal family tried to leave for Easter?

Answer 7

They prevented them from leaving and the national guard ignored orders to clear the way

Question 8

What happened in June 1791?

Answer 8

Louis made plans to flee Paris with his family and join loyal troops at Montmedy

Question 9

Who were the loyal troops under the command of?

Answer 9

Royalist general de Bouille

Question 10

Why did Louis want to flee paris?

Answer 10

He believed he would be able to negotiate with the national constituent assembly from there from a position of strength

Question 11

What happened on the 20th June 1791?

Answer 11

Louis and his family fled the Tuileries palace in disguise

Question 12

Who were Louis and his family disguised as?

Answer 12

Louis was disguised as a valet and Marie as a nurse

Question 13

What did Louis insist on driving?

Answer 13

A heavy coach driven by six horses as he didn’t want to be separated from his family

Question 14

What did Marie Antoinette reward a helpful official?

Answer 14

Silver dishes

Question 15

Who recognised Louis?

Answer 15

A postmaster at sainte-menehould

Question 16

Where were the royal family confined?

Answer 16

In the Tuileries palace

Question 17

How many noble officers of the army flee abroad to join emigre forces massing in Germany to rescue the king?

Answer 17

6000 noble officers

Question 18

What happened to the kings popularity?

Answer 18

He lost his popularity, and royal inn signs and street names disappeared all over Paris

Question 19

What happened on the 16th July 1791?

Answer 19

The assembly voted to suspend the king until the new constitution had been voted into law and he had sworn to abide by it

Question 20

What did the jacobins support?

Answer 20

A petition calling for the deposition of the king

Question 21

Who drew up the petition to depose the king?

Answer 21

Girondin political Brissot

Question 22

Who was the petition popular with?

Answer 22

The cordelier club

Question 23

What did the Feuillants want?

Answer 23

A constitutional monarchy

Question 24

What happened on the 17th July 1791?

Answer 24

50,000 people flocked to the Champ de Mars and the ‘altar of the fatherland’ to sign the petition calling for the deposition of Louis

Question 25

What was the altar of the fatherland?

Answer 25

A monument set up for the Feast of the Federation celebrations 3 days earlier

Question 26

How many people signed the petition?

Answer 26

6,000 people, mostly from the poorest sections of Paris

Question 27

What did the angry mob at the champ de mars do?

Answer 27

They hung two suspects who were declared to be suspicious actors

Question 28

What did Bailly, the mayor of Paris, do?

Answer 28

Used the incident at the champ de mars to declare martial law

Question 29

What did the national guard do at the champ de mars?

Answer 29

Opened fire on the crowd and killed 50 people

Question 30

What happened on the 13th September 1791?

Answer 30

Louis XVI swore to accept the new constitution