Answers – page 38
1. What was responsible for the “Great Fear” of 1789?
- Rumors and suspicions of the noble counterattacks for the
attacks the peasants did to them.
2. Why were the abolition of feudalism and the “Declaration of the
Rights of Man and Citizen” considered important?
- Getting rid of feudalism – common people achieved a great victory.
- “Declaration of the rights of man and citizen”- all men are free and
equal and guaranteed basic rights.
3. What were the 2 main tasks of the National Constituent
Assembly?
- Writing a new constitution.
- Propose new laws which did away with the old feudal system and
create a new system of gov’t which better for all people.
4. What group of people controlled the National Constituent
Assembly? Why were they divided on the new constitution?
- Middle class and they were divided because the middle class and
peasants had different views and they were also divided on how they
were going to treat the king.
5. Who were the émigrés, and what was their goal?
- Nobles who left France with their families and moved to other
European countries who were against the revolution. They wanted to
get the rulers of these countries to attack France and bring back the
old regime.
6. Why did Louis and his family move to the Tuileries Palace?
- A mob a women upset about the lack of bread stormed the Versailles
and ordered the king back to Paris.
7. Who were the Jacobins, and what did they want?
- A political club who wanted more changes and power given to the
National Constituent Assembly.
8.How did the Civil Constitution of the Clergy divide the French
people?
- It required priest and bishops to swear an oath to the constitution
and they had to be elected by the people and they then had to be paid
by the gov’t. This divided the French Catholics and only ½ of the
priests would swear the oath.
8. What did Louis think of the Revolution?
- He condemned the Revolution and the changes it brought to France.
9. What effect did the King’s attempted flight have on the French
people?
- The people no longer trusted him and they believed he was an enemy
to the Revolution.
10. What were the weaknesses of the National Legislative
Assembly?
- It did not allow the former members of the National Constituent
Assembly join the new Legislative Assembly and therefore, lacked the
experience needed to help France in the future.
11. Who were the Girondins and what did they seek to accomplish?
- They were a small group of Jacobins from western France.
- They wanted to attack the countries surrounding France because
they believed these countries were going to attack France and bring
back the Old Regime.
12. Who in France wanted war? What were their reasons?
- The Royal Family – hoped France would be defeated and the
Revolution stopped.
- Moderates, like Lafayette, because they wanted the attention
taken away from France’s economic problems and keep the
constitutional monarchy.
- Radical Revolutionaries – believed war would free the people of
Europe.
13. What effect did the Brunswick Manifesto have in France?
- Instead of helping the Royal Family, the manifesto made the people
of Paris angry and they wanted the monarchy overthrown.
14. What happened on August 9 and 10, 1792?
August 9, 1792 – Radicals, led by Robespierre, Marat and Danton,
overthrew the French government and set up the Paris Commune, which
represented the different sections of Paris and which increased the
radicals’ power.
Aug 10 – radicals attacked the Tuilleries Palace and massacred the
King’s guard and the royal family was imprisoned.