french revolution chapter 3 Flashcards
What did Louis XVI do on 2 May 1789 that snubbed the Third Estate delegates?
Louis received the delegates in the Hall of Mirrors, first receiving the clergy. The nobles were then received. The Third Estate delegates were made to wait three hours, and were received in a lesser salon.
How was protocol observed at the Estates General on 4 May 1789?
The deputies went to church for the celebration of mass. The Third Estate were made to wear plain black clothes, the Second Estate in colourful satin suits. First Estate; parish priests wore plain clothes and the bishops were depressed resplendently.
When was the opening ceremony of the Estates General?
5 May 1789
When did Louis say in a speech that there was a “much exaggerated desire for innovations”?
May 5 1789, opening ceremony of Estates General.
When were the deputies of the Estates General meant to meet in their seperate Estate to verify their credentials?
May 6 1789
How long was the stalemate that resulted from Third Estate delegates refusing to verify their credentials on 6 May 1789?
Three weeks
When did the Third Estate send delegates to the First Estate to invite them to join the ‘Commons’?
The end of May 1789
When did the nobility vote to proceed with seperate verification?
7 May 1789
How many of the First Estate voted for and against separate verification, and when?
133-114. 7 May 1789
How much was the price of a 4 pound loaf of bread in February 1789 compared to how much it was in August 1788? How long would it stay at this level? What was around the maximum earnings for an unskilled worker per day?
In February 1789 it was 14-15 sous, whilst in August 1788 it was 9 sous. It would stay this way until the fall of the Bastille. It was rare for an unskilled worker to earn more than 20 sous a day.
How did the wallpaper manufacturer Revellion make comments that contributed to revolutionary unrest on 23 April 1789?
He said that bread prices should be controlled so that wage earners on 15 sous a day could afford it. This was interpreted as him arguing for a wage cut of the workers.
When did a crowd of several thousand rioters storm Réveillon’s house and factory? How many people died as a result?
24 April 1789, 25 dead
“some say the princes have been hoarding grain the better to overthrow M.Necker.. Others said the Director-General of Finances…”
“…was himself the chief and first of all the hoarders, with the consent of the King.”
Bookseller Hardy;
What was Sieyes’ response to Neckers suggestion on June 4 1789 that each state should verify their credentials separately but be able to contest each other?
Sieyes proposed to the Commons that it should summon the privileged Estates to either join them or forfeit their rights as representatives of the nation. This was a challenge and rejection to the Kings authority
When did the Commons begin the process of verification of deputies, not based on order but as representatives of the nation?
12 June 1789
What happened on 13 June 1789?
Three clergymen joined the Commons. More joined the next day.
When was the Declaration of the National Assembly?
17 June 1789
Sieyes “both conceptualised the idea of the nation, and actually facilitated…”
“the momentous transfer of sovereignty from the King to the Nation.” Michael Adcock
Arthur Young”I went to the Palais Royal to see what new things were published…. Nineteen twentieths of these productions
are in favour of liberty and commonly violent against the clergy and nobility.” 17 June 1789
When did the clergy vote to join the National Assembly?
19 June 1789
When did the National Assembly find the doors to their meeting place locked, with a placard announcing the calling of an Estates General?
20 June 1789
When was the Tennis Court Oath?
20 June 1789
How many deputies swore the oath of the Tennis Court?
600
On the Royal Session of 23 June 1789, King Louis announced the decision to form the National Assembly was annulled and the states should meet seperately. What concessions did he make?
New taxes would be levied only with EGs consent. Feudal and manorial dues, and tithes were intact but privileged tax status can voluntarily be surrendered. Abolish censorship and letttres de cachet.
What did Mirabeau say to the Master of Ceremonies on 23 June 1789, when he ordered the delegates to disperse?
“Go and TELL those who have sent you that we are here by the will of the nation and nothing but bayonets can drive us hence!”
Who crossed to support the National Assembly on 24 June 1789?
The soldiers supposed to deny them
How many liberal nobles joined the National Assembly on 25 June 1789? Who was the highest ranking one?
47, Duc D’Orleans
Why did Louis order the Estates to meet in common and vote by head on the 27th of June 1789?
Because he was warned that a mob of 30,000 was to march on Versailles.
How did the Kings ministry plan to quell reform after the failure of the June 23 Royal Session?
By sacking Necker and using armed force.
How many regiments were moved to Versailles on 26 June 1789?
6
When were ten regiments moved from the provinces to the outskirts of the city of Paris?
1 July 1789
Mirabeau: “A large number of troops surround us…these preparations for war…”
“are obvious to anyone and fill every heart with indignation.” 8 July 1789
When did Louis refuse to withdraw troops surrounding Paris, claiming they were to protect the National Assembly?
10 July 1789
When was Jacques Necker dismissed in 1789?
11 July
Gouverneur Morris”The Sword has fallen imperceptibly from [the Kings] hand… “
“…and that the Sovereignty of this Nation is the National Assembly.” 12 July 1789
When did Camille Desmoulins say “I would rather die than submit to servitude!”
11 July 1789
What did crowds do when they looted St Lazare on 12 July 1789? Who were they joined by?
Released prisoners, stole the grain and flour, looted the building. They were joined by the Gardens Françaises the local militia, who were supposed maintain law and order.
