When did the French Revolution occur?

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(a)

14th July, 1789

(b)

14th July 1798

(c)

14th June, 1789 

(d)

14th June, 1798

In the context of France, fall of the Bastille took place on

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(a)

14th July, 1789 

(b)

14th July 1798

(c)

14th June, 1789 

(d)

14th June, 1798

Why was Bastille hated by all?

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(a)

It stood for benevolence of the king

(b)

It stood for despotic power of the king

(c)

It stood for armed might of France

(d)

It was a storehouse of ammunition

18th century French society was divided into

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(a)

castes

(b)

four Estates

(c)

three Estates

(d)

two Estates

What was the population of France in 1715?

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(a)

28 million

(b)

23 million

(c)

10 million

(d)

120 million

What was the population of France in 1789?

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(a)

28 million

(b)

23 million

(c)

25 million

(d)

24 million

When was slavery abolished in France finally?

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(a)

1848

(b)

1849

(c)

1850

(d)

1851

Important law that came into immediate effect after storming of the Bastille.

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(a)

Freedom of expression

(b)

Freedom of religion

(c)

Abolition of censorship

(d)

Rights of man

Tax from peasants to Church was called__________.

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(a)

Tithes

________ wrote the Social Contract.

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(a)

Rousseau

The Jacobins of France were known as 'sans-culotes'. Why?

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(a)

Who were the Jacobins? Write about it in three points?

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(a)

How and why was King Louis XVI executed on 21st January 1793?

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(a)

Give some of the achivements of Robespierre.

2

(a)

What was the significance of the Rule of the Directory?

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(a)

Give the name of any two famous women's clubs.

2

(a)

When did the women in France get the right to vote?

3

(a)

Which French ports owed their prosperity to slave trade? When was slave trade abolished in French colonies?

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(a)

Why were the representatives of the Third Estate disappointed with the pattern of voting in the 'Estates-General'?

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(a)

Name two important leaders of the National Assembly.

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(a)

List any 3 taxes levied on the third estate.

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(a)

What role did Louis XVI play in bringing about the revolution?

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(a)

What is subsistence crisis ? Mention any four factors responsible for this in France.

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(a)

Briefly discuss the role of the philosophers in the French Revolution.

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(a)