History
The Outbreak of the Revolution
Practice questions
What is the best conclusion from the Estates General being called after a long gap?Even after getting double representatives why could the real power of the Third Estate remain limited?Which deeper political principle was hidden in the demand for one person one vote?Why was the Third Estate declaring itself the National Assembly not merely a change of name?The Tennis Court Oath was evidence of what?What did representatives gathering in the tennis court after finding the hall closed indicate?Mirabeau standing with the Third Estate shows which limit of the Old Regime?Why can Abbé Sieyès's role not be called only religious?Why was Jacques Necker's dismissal seen as a threat in Paris?What was the combined effect of troops in Paris and the bread crisis?Despite few prisoners in the Bastille, what determined the importance of its fall?Why was the storming of the Bastille both practical and symbolic?Stones of the Bastille becoming souvenirs shows which historical process?How did rumours in the Great Fear become political force rather than only information?Peasants burning feudal documents was what type of resistance?Why can the decisions of 4 August 1789 be called a strategic response of the National Assembly?Why was the social meaning of ending feudal privileges larger than its economic meaning?How did the Declaration of Rights strengthen the Revolution ideologically?Why is the Declaration of Rights considered a document against estate society?What effect did bringing the king from Versailles to Paris have on the balance of power?