Chapter 20

Why was France unable to manage its debt,even though that debt was much smaller, relative to its population, than the debt of either Great Britain or Holland?

France lacked a central bank, a paper currency, and a means of creating credit to effectively borrow money

Why did Great Britain seek to raise taxes on its American colonies in the 1760s?

Great Britain expected to American colonies to help pay for the expenses incurred during the Seven Years' War, which protected the colonies from the French

How did Louis XV damage the sense of his sacred authority?

Louis allowed his common-born mistresses to exercise tremendous influence culturally and politically, which led to scandalous depictions of the king and the court in pamphlets

According to Olympe de Gouges...

Men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law

According to the text, in the summer of 1789 the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by...

Revolutionary actions of French peasants and the common people of Paris

Who forced the king and the royal family to abandon Versailles and return to Paris?

Several thousand Parisian women

Abbé Sieyès's answer to the question "What is the Third Estate?" was that is was...

The true strength of the French nation

In the wake of the Great Fear, how did the National Assembly restore order?

They abolished all of the old noble and church privileges

All of the following were true of the French clergy on the Eve of the French Revolution except*...

They were under the complete control of the papacy

How did the national assembly restore order

abolished the noble privileges of peasant serfdom, exclusive hunting rights, bla bla bla

What aspects of the American revolution influenced the French Revolution

DOI influenced DRM, division of power also influenced the French Revolution

The legal definition of the composition of the pre-Revolution Third Estate included...

Everyone who was not a noble or a member of the clergy

The National Assembly instituted all of the following reforms except*...

Recognizing women as holding full civil rights

What did the DRM guarantee

"men are born and remain in free and equal rights,"guaranteed equality before the law, rep gov for a sovereign people, and individual freedom

On what's basis have revisionist historians rejected the traditional interpretation that the French Revolution has its origins in growing tension between the nobility and the bourgeoise?

Both the nobility and the bourgeoisie were riddled with internal rivalries that precluded identifying these two groups as unified blocs opposing each other

The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that...

Broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property, and financial support for illegitimate children from fathers

How did the reaction of kings and nobles in continental Europe toward the Revolution change over the Revolution's first two years?

Initially pleased by the Revolution's weakening of France, they came to feel threatened by its increasingly radical message

In thee 1780s, over 50 percent of France's annual budget was expended on...

Interest payment on the debt

The men elected to represent the Third Estate at the Estates General were primarily...

Lawyers and government officials

What was the political effect of the attack on the Bastille?

The king's plan to reassert his authority was forestalled, permitting the National Assembly to continue its work

Why did the conflict between the monarchy and the Parliament reemerge after the Seven Years' War?

The monarchy sought to retain emergency taxes after the war ended

what did many liberal thinkers believe in terms of voting practice in the late 18th century

white male landowners were eligible to vote