History
The Outbreak of the Revolution
Practice questions
Why did the Third Estate have less influence under the old estate voting system despite its larger numbers?The Third Estate's demand for voting by member indicated which ideological shift?On 17 June 1789 what new claim about the source of power did the Third Estate make?The Tennis Court Oath pushed the Revolution in which direction?Why does Mirabeau's role challenge old social classification?Abbe Sieyes's famous pamphlet tried to establish the Third Estate as what?Why are cahiers de doleances useful sources for understanding the outbreak of the Revolution?When did the Estates-General dispute move beyond taxation into a question of sovereignty?Necker's dismissal increased which fear among the people of Paris?How did people understand the king gathering troops around Paris?How did expensive bread in Paris become linked with the political crisis of the Revolution?Taking arms from the Invalides and going to the Bastille shows which sequence?The storming of the Bastille was not only a search for gunpowder because what did the Bastille symbolise?Why was the fall of the Bastille important despite having few prisoners?Why would it be wrong to call De Launay's killing only personal violence?What did the event of 14 July 1789 show about the people of Paris?How did rumours change peasants' response during the Great Fear?Peasants burning feudal records was linked with which political meaning?Why did rural peasants target noble chateaux?The National Assembly's decision on the night of 4 August 1789 can be seen as a response to which pressure?