French Rev AOS1 Lesson 9

Identify which of the following are part of Lefebvre's 4 stages of the revolutions (select all correct answers).

• Aristocratic

• Urban

• Bourgeoisie

• Clergy

• Rural

Identify which reforms the Assembly of Notables agreed to (select all correct answers).

• Changes to the Corvee labour tax (introducing a public works tax instead)

• Ending fiscal privileges

• Making changes without consulting the Parlements and Assembly of Clergy.

• Eliminating custom barriers

• Ending honorific privileges

In the famous cartoon (used in the 2020 VCAA exam) criticising both Calonne and the privileged estates at the Assembly of Notables, Calonne is depicted as which type of animal?

• Goat

• Chicken

• Goose

• Duck

• Monkey

Identify events (effects) that occurred due to the failure of of the Assembly of Notables to pass reforms (select all correct answers).

• Day of Tiles (7 June 1788)

• Estates General (5 May 1789)

• Paris Parlement exiled to Troyes (15 Aug 1787)

• French involvement American War of Independence (1778-1783)

• Necker's Comte Rendu (1781)

The Assembly of Notables was a historically significant event because it (select all correct answers).

• Meant King Louis XVI was open to ending absolute monarchy.

• Saw the King's absolute power challenged by the privileged estates (the notables).

• The notables believed they were acting as 'representatives of the nation'

• The notables were hindering much needed reform in order to protect their privileges.