Class IX – The French Revolution

Ans. Louis XVI of Bourbon dynasty was the King of France in 1789

Ans. She was Queen of France and wife of King Louis XVI

Ans. At Versailles

Ans. The term Old Regime is used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789

Ans. (a) To pay taxes like tithes and taille

(b) To work in the house and fields of landlord.

(c) To serve in the army

(d) To participate in building roads.

Ans. Subsistence crisis is an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.

Ans. Merchants and manufacturers

Ans. John Locke

Ans. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Ans. The Spirit of the Laws

Ans. Monarch

Ans. Each member present in the meeting of the Estate General should have the right to vote for any proposal.

Ans. (a) The representatives of the third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles.

(b) They declared themselves a National Assembly to draft a new constitution.

Ans. Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes

Ans. Due to severe winters there had been bad harvest, leading to rise in prices of bread and hoarding by the shopkeepers. This created scarcity of bread, which made the women angry.

Ans. It was an estate consisting of the lord’s lands and his mansion.

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

Ans. National Assembly

Ans. Electors, who were elected by active citizens.

Ans. Men and women who were not allowed to vote as they did not belong to the highest bracket of taxpayers.

Ans. It meant that these rights were granted to the citizens by birth and could not be taken away. The State had the duty to protect these rights.

Ans. Prussia and Austria

Ans. The Revolution of 1789 gave political rights only to the richer sections of the society.

Ans. Jacobin Club

Ans. The Jacobins wanted to set themselves apart from the nobles, who wore knee breeches.

Ans. Marseillaise is now the national anthem of France.

Ans. On 21 September 1792, National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.

Ans. It was a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded. It was named after Doctor Guillotine who had invented guillotine.

Ans. Maximilian Robespierre

Ans. The Directory was made up of 5 members.

Ans. The society of Revolutionary and Republican Women club.

Ans. In 1946 women in France were granted Right to vote.

Ans. The Caribbean colonies were the suppliers of commodities such as tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee to European countries.

Ans. The port cities become famous for the slave trade, which the French carried. French merchants sailed from the port cities to African coast from where they bought slaves to work on the plantation areas of their Caribbean colonies.

Ans. The members of the first two estates were exempted from paying taxes by birth.

Ans. The state of France, during ancient regime was financed by the taxes paid by the third estate.

Ans. Montesquieu introduced the concept of separation of organs of government.

Ans. Active citizens of the country elected Electors as provided by the constitution of 1791.

Ans. Declaration of Rights of Man and citizens bestowed upon the citizens of France certain inalienable rights.

Ans. In April 1792 National Assembly declared war against Austria and Prussia.