VCE Revolutions Retrieval Practice 1787 - 1789

VCE Revolutions Retrieval Practice 1787 - 1789

By Ilja Van Weringh

Open Ended

List at least three social, economic or political problems of France during the Ancien Regime.

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Feudalism was the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labour, and a share of the produce, usually in exchange for

(< fill in the missing word)

Multiple Choice

What is the Don Gratuit?

• a voluntary contribution to royal finances paid by the First Estate (the clergy) under France's ancien regime.

• a form of income tax from which the nobles and officials were usually exempt.

• a form of unpaid, forced labour, which is typically lasts only a certain number of days' work each year.

Draw

Which of these is NOT a tax levied during Ancien regime France?

Poll

What is a Venal Office?

• an office or position which was only open to people of the 2nd estate (Nobility)

• an office or position created by the King for his friends

• an office or position sold by the state to raise money

• an office or position which could only be taken by people in the Third estate

Open Ended

Name three French finance ministers before July 1789.

Multiple Select

Tick all options you think contributed to France being bankrupt by 1789:

Multiple Choice

Day of the Tiles: Where and When?

• Paris, June, 1788

• Grenoble, June, 1789

• Paris, June, 1787

• Grenoble, June, 1788

Multiple Choice

Assembly of the Notables: When? (Note, there were two, the answers below as you for the second one.)

• November 1787

• November 1788

• November 1789

Multiple Choice

Reveillion Riots: When and Where?

• Feb 1789 Paris

• May 1789 Paris

• Feb 1788 Grenoble

• July 1789

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The Pamphlet Wars referred to the period from May 1788 onwards, when

(< fill in that missing word) laws were relaxed following the announcement by the King that an Estates-General would be convoked.

Poll

Did the Pamphlet Wars occur before, during or after the call for the Cahier de Doleance?

• Pamphlet Wars first, then the call for Cahiers de Doleances

• Pamphlet Wars and Cahiers de Doleances happened around the same time frame

• Cahiers de Doleances first, then the Pamphlet Wars broke out

Multiple Choice

Tennis Court Oath: When?

• 20 July 1789

• 20 June 1789

• 20 Mei 1789

• 20 April 1789

Draw

Circle three French Philosophers of the Enlightenment

Open Ended

When and why was the Bastille stormed?