French Revolution 1788 - September 1791

Question 1

Announcement of recall of Estates General

Answer 1

8 August 1788

Question 2

Necker appointed to Ministry

Answer 2

25 August 1788

Question 3

Paris Parlement recommends Estates General should be constituted as in 1614
resistance to reform is called?

Answer 3

25 September 1788
revolt of the nobles

Question 4

Assembly of Notables meets

Answer 4

6 November 1788

Question 5

Louis announces dual representation for the 3rd estate

Answer 5

Dec 1788

Question 6

Reveillon riots

Answer 6

April 27 and 28, 1789
a significant event in the evolution of the Revolutionary crowd that led to the storming of the Bastille

Question 7

estates General meet at Versailles

Answer 7

5 May 1789
Louis announces voting will be by head

Question 8

Louis orders drafting and compilation of cahiers de doleances for estates general

Answer 8

Jan 1789
sieyes: what is the third estate

Question 9

Death of Dauphin

Answer 9

4 June 1789

Question 10

Third Estate adopts title of National Assembly

Answer 10

17 June 1789

Question 11

Majority of clergy vote to join Third Estate

Answer 11

19 June 1789

Question 12

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 12

20 June 1789
- members of the national assembly swear not to disband until a constitution has been drafted

Question 13

Sceance royale

Answer 13

23 June 1789
Louis demands that estates return to their separate chambers.
proposes a reform package to share the taxation burden
ignored by NA

Question 14

Troops begin to concentrate around Paris

Answer 14

26 June 1789

Question 15

King orders clergy and nobility to join the Third Estate

Answer 15

27 June 1789

Question 16

vote of inviolability

Answer 16

June 1789
national assembly will not be disconvened
vote 493-34

Question 17

Dismissal of Necker

Answer 17

11 July 1789
because of pressure from Marie Antoinette
- motivator for the storming of the bastille

Question 18

creation of the paris commune

Answer 18

11 July 1789
meant paris was a hotbed for the revolution
created a wave of similar organisations across france

Question 19

Guarde Nationale created when? who was in charge?

Answer 19

July 1789
Lafayette

Question 20

Riots in Paris

Answer 20

12-17 July 1789

Question 21

Fall of the Bastille

Answer 21

14 July 1789

Question 22

King received at Hotel de Ville and adopts tricolour cockade

Answer 22

15 July 1789

Question 23

Recall of Necker

Answer 23

16 July 1789

Question 24

The Great Fear

Answer 24

July-August 1789
a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate

Question 25

Renunciation of feudal rights in National Assembly

Answer 25

4 August 1789

Question 26

Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Answer 26

26 August 1789

Question 27

March of women to Versailles

Answer 27

5 October 1789

Question 28

Royal Family brought to Paris followed by the National Assembly

Answer 28

6 October 1789

Question 29

Louis XVI decreed King of the French - constitutional monarchy established

Answer 29

10 October 1789

Question 30

'Active' and 'Passive' citizens distinguished by decree

Answer 30

29 October 1789

Question 31

Church property nationalised

Answer 31

2 November 1789

Question 32

Decree excluding deputies from Ministry

Answer 32

7 November 1789

Question 33

Local government reorganised

Answer 33

**14-22 December 1789** - into 63 departments - Citizens of each département, district, and commune elected their own local officials, promoting decentralization and local autonomy - The judicial system was also overhauled, with civil courts in each district and criminal courts in each département. Judges were also elected

Question 34

*Assignats* issued

Answer 34

19 December 1789 - paper money (fiat currency) authorized by the Constituent Assembly in France from 1789 to 1796, during the French Revolution, to address imminent bankruptcy.

Question 35

King speaks to Assembly

Answer 35

4 February 1790

Question 36

Relogious orders, except those engaged in teaching or charitable work, suppressed

Answer 36

13 February 1790

Question 37

Titles of hereditary nobility abolished

Answer 37

19 June 1790

Question 38

Civil Constitution of Clergy

Answer 38

12 July 1790

Question 39

First *Fete de la federation* (anniversary of Bastille)

Answer 39

14 July 1790

Question 40

Resignation of Necker

Answer 40

4 September 1790

Question 41

Decree imposing Civic oath on clergy

Answer 41

27 November 1790

Question 42

King sanctions clerical oath (v reluctantly)

Answer 42

26 December 1790

Question 43

Election of first bishops of constitutional church

Answer 43

9 February 1791

Question 44

King's aunts move to Rome

Answer 44

20 February 1791

Question 45

Pope condemns Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Answer 45

10 March 1971

Question 46

Mirabeau dies

Answer 46

2 April 1791

Question 47

Flight to Varennes

Answer 47

20 June 1791

Question 48

King suspended from his functions on being brought back to Paris

Answer 48

25 June 1791

Question 49

**Champ de Mars Massacre** - Lafayette opens fire on cordeliers demanding for Republic

Answer 49

17 July 1791

Question 50

Frenchmen abroad summoned to return within one month

Answer 50

17 August 1791

Question 51

Declaration of Pillnitz: Austrian King will intervene if they dispose of the king

Answer 51

27 August 1791

Question 52

King accepts constitution and is restored to functions

Answer 52

14 September 1791

Question 53

The events of the storming of the Bastille

Answer 53

- citizens gathered around Les Tuilleries demanding weapons - 14th July stormed the Bastille - Bastille was an old castle to hold political prisoners

Question 54

- citizens gathered around Les Tuilleries demanding weapons - 14th July stormed the Bastille - Bastille was an old castle to hold political prisoners

Answer 54

The events of the storming of the Bastille