History
The Outbreak of the Revolution
Practice questions
The plain dress of Third Estate representatives in the Estates-General was linked with what social message?What does the link between the meeting at Versailles and revolt in Paris show?Which fact shows that the storming of the Bastille was militarily small but politically huge?What message was sent by the decisions of 4 August after rural revolts?Which event shows the mixed effect of rumour and real political decisions among people?If the night of 4 August is seen only as a legal decision what will be missed?What was the biggest ideological question emerging from the dispute in the Estates-General?Why was bringing the king to Paris after the women's march a blow to old courtly control?Which option gives the correct cause-target relation for urban and rural movements in 1789?Why is it incomplete to treat financial crisis as the only cause of the outbreak of the Revolution?Which is the deepest summary of the outbreak of the Revolution?What major weakness of French monarchy was exposed before calling the Estates-General?What was the real problem of the Third Estate in the one vote per estate system?The Third Estate's demand for voting by member was linked with which wider idea?The declaration of the National Assembly challenged which claim of the Old Regime?The demand for a constitution in the Tennis Court Oath aimed to limit what type of power?What was the most important change in events from 5 May to 20 June 1789?Why was Mirabeau's role special in the politics of the Third Estate?How did Abbe Sieyes's pamphlet present the Third Estate?Why is it incomplete to treat the voting dispute in the Estates-General as only a procedural question?