L7_U3_AOS1_Assembly of Notables

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

• Urban

• Bourgeoisie

• Rural

• Clergy

• Aristocratic

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

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

• Ending honorific privileges

• Ending fiscal privileges

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

• Eliminating custom barriers

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?

• Goose

• Goat

• Chicken

• Monkey

• Duck

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

• Day of Tiles (7 June 1788)

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

• Estates General (5 May 1789)

• Necker's Comte Rendu (1781)

• Paris Parlement exiled to Troyes (15 Aug 1787)

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

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

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

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

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