French revolution Questions 2

 31. What was the most important legacy of the French Revolution?

Answer: The ideas of liberty and democratic rights were the most important legacy of the French Revolution.

32. When was slavery finally abolished in France?

Answer: Slavery was finally abolished in 1848 in France.

33. Name the important political clubs formed by women in France to fight for their political rights.

Answer: The society of Revolutionary and The Republican Women.

34. What was ‘Directory’?

Answer: Directory was an executive made up of five members. They were appointed by two elected legislative councils.

35. How Robespierre’s end came?

Answer: Robespierre was convicted by a court in July 1794, arrested and on the next day sent to the guillotine and killed in the same manner he punished guilty people.

36. What was Guillotine?

Answer: Guillotine was a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was named after Dr. Guillotine, who invented it.

37. Who introduced ‘Reign of terror’ in France?

Answer: Robespierre introduced Reign to Terror when he followed a policy of severe control and punishment in France.

38. Who were ‘Sans-Culottes’?

Answer: Those Jacobins were known as Sans-Culottes, who were without knee breeches and who wore red caps to symbolize liberty.

39. What were political clubs?

Answer: Political clubs were formed by people to discuss government policies and plan their own forms of actions. Women too formed such clubs.

40. What was ‘Marseillaise’?

Answer: It was a patriotic song sung by volunteers of Marseilles as they marched into Paris. Marseillaise is now the national anthem of France.

41. Who could qualify as an Elector?

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Who were electors?

Answer: To qualify as an elector and then as a member of the Assembly, a man had to belong to the highest bracket of taxpayers.

42. When was the draft of the National Assembly’s constitution completed and what was its main objective?

Answer: The draft of the constitution was completed in 1791 and its main objective was to limit the powers of the monarch.

43. What was tithe?

Answer: It was a tax levied by the church, comprising at least one tenth of the agricultural produce by the farmers.

44. What was a ‘Manor’?

Answer: Manor was an estate consisting of the lord’s lands and his mansion.

45. What does ‘Chateau’ mean?

Answer: It was a castle or stately residence belonging to a king or a nobleman.

46. What do you know about Abbe Sieyes.

Answer: Abbe Sieves was originally a priest. He wrote an influential pamphlet called ‘What is the Third Estate’.

47. What was the Estates General?

Answer: The Estates General was a political body to which the three estates sent their representatives.

48. How was division of power suggested by philosopher Montesquieu?

Answer: Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.

49. Why was Bastille Prison attacked?

Answer: The revolutionaries stormed the Bastille prison with a hope to find hoarded ammunition for the revolution.

50. What does ‘subsistence crisis’ mean?

Answer: It is an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood were endangered.

51. What was the Bastille?

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Who had stormed the Bastille during the last years of the 18th century?

Answer: The Bastille was the fortress-prison that was stormed by the people of Paris on 14 July 1789.