History
The Outbreak of the Revolution
Practice questions
What feature of the Revolution is shown by events from the Estates General to the women's march?How do cahiers de doleances help in understanding the outbreak of the Revolution?Why did an event like Necker's dismissal increase discontent in Paris?What does people's gathering of weapons before storming the Bastille indicate?The National Assembly's resolve to make a constitution exposed which weakness of the Old Regime?If the Third Estate had only opposed taxes and not formed the National Assembly which dimension would be weaker?Which event directly showed that popular pressure could change royal decisions?Demolishing the walls of the Bastille symbolised what mental change?Why did peasants target noble chateaux during the Great Fear rather than only markets?How should the different roles of towns and villages in 1789 be understood correctly?Why was the dispute over voting method in the Estates-General not just a technical issue?Why can the financial crisis be called an initial spark in the outbreak of the Revolution?Which sequence best shows the rising intensity of events in 1789?If the Bastille is seen as a symbol of royal despotism what kind of revolutionary language does attacking it become?The Third Estate forming a separate assembly broke which assumption of the Old Regime?In which event is daily food crisis most clearly seen turning into political action?If an answer says the Revolution happened only in Paris how should it be corrected?What relation can be seen between the National Assembly and the decisions of 4 August?Which option correctly shows the multi-dimensional nature of the early phase of the Revolution?How was the king calling troops near Paris read by the people?