King and Flight to Varennes

Question 1

When was the Flight to varennes

Answer 1

-20/21 June 1791

Question 2

a)Where was Louis XVI hoping to get to and b) why there

Answer 2

a) Montmedy: Austrian Netherlands

b) Louis planned to negotiate with the assembly, free from restraints of the Parisian mob whilst having protection from Emperor Leopold II (MA brother)
-Also significant emigres base in Austrian Netherlands ( Belgium)

Question 3

What were the short-term causes of the flight to varennes?

Answer 3

1) Death of Mirabeau in April 1791 who was loyal to CM and LXVI
2) MA and Elisabeth encouraged Louis to take action and leave
3) Promise of aid from Emperor Leopold II
4) Louis and his family were prevented by Parisians from leaving the Tuilleries for Easter at Saint Cloud on the 18th April

Question 4

What were the long-term causes of the flight to varennes?

Answer 4

1)Long-term dissatisfaction with events of 1789
2)Louis and family felt like prisoners in Paris
3) The constitution , CCC and Clerical Oath forced the King into outright opposition
4) Denounced the revolution as too radical

Question 5

Whose newspaper called for mob action to depose the King after the failed flight?

Answer 5

-Marat’s L’ami du peuple

Question 6

When did 30,000 people march to the National Constituent assembly in support of a petition calling for the king’s dismissal from office?

Answer 6

-24 June 1791

Question 7

What political club organised this march?

Answer 7

-The cordeliers club

Question 8

Who continued to support LXVI in the National Constituent assembly?

Answer 8

-Barnave, Lafayette, moderates

Question 9

When did the assembly vote to suspend the King’s powers until the constitution was completed?

Answer 9

-16th July 1791

Question 10

a) How many deputies abstained from voting to suspend the King’s powers and b) Why did they abstain

Answer 10

a) 290

b) Abstained as they thought suspension of his powers was going too far (but for some not far enough)

Question 11

What happened to the Jacobin club after the Flight to Varennes?

Answer 11

-Split into radical Jacobin and moderate Feuilliant

Question 12

What is the significance of the flight to varennes?

Answer 12

-Led to greater calls for a republic after the King made it clear he could not be trusted
-However, the King still had support (290 deputies abstained and moderate support)