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France: Ancien Régime to Napoleon c.1715-1815

From monarchy to republic 1789 to 1792

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  • A2 Unit 3

Overview

Dispute over voting in the Estates General, tennis Court Oath and great Fear.

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When did the Estates General meet, and where?

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What was the Tennis Court Oath?

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What was the Great Fear?

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  1. 1

    When did the Estates General meet, and where?

    Model answer

    In May 1789, at Versailles.

  2. 2

    What was the dispute over voting in the Estates General?

    Model answer

    Whether voting should be by order, giving the two privileged estates a majority, or by head, which would favour the doubled third estate.

  3. 3

    What was the Tennis Court Oath?

    Model answer

    The undertaking of June 1789 by the deputies of the National Assembly not to disperse until France had a constitution.

  4. 4

    Why was the storming of the Bastille significant?

    Model answer

    It showed that Parisian crowds could defeat royal authority by force, and it saved the Assembly from dissolution.

  5. 5

    What was the Great Fear?

    Model answer

    The rural panic of summer 1789, in which peasants attacked châteaux and burned the records of seigneurial dues.

  6. 6

    What did the Assembly do on the night of 4 August 1789?

    Model answer

    It abolished feudal privilege, personal seigneurial obligations such as serfdom and labour services, the tithe and venality; dues on land were to be bought out, and were abolished without compensation only in July 1793.

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