FRENCH REVOLUTION (IMPORTANT EXERCISE)

 A)Fill in the blanks:-

1) One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the abolition of  censorship

2) Women is born free & remains equal to man in rights.

3) Olympe de Gourges was one of the most important of the politically active women in revolutionary france.

4) During the Reign of Terror the new government issued laws ordering closures of women's clubs.

5)'Blue- White- Red colour denotes the natural colour of  France

6)Directory is an executive made up of five member.

7) Napolean was defeated at waterloo in 1815

8) Port cities like Bordeaux & wanters owed their economic prosperities to the flourishing slave trade. 

9) The ideas of Liberty & democratic rights were the most important legacy of the french revolution.

10) Tipu Sultan & Ram Mohan Roy are two examples of individuals who responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary france.

B)True/False

1) On the morning of  14th july ,1789 the city of paris was in a state of alarm. (TRUE)

2)In 1974 Louis xvii of the Bourbon family of kings ascent the throne of france .(FALSE)

3) The society of estates was part of the fuel system that dated back to the ancient ages. (FALSE)

4)A unit of currency calle livre, was discontinued in 1794 in france. (TRUE)

5) The burden of financing activities of the state through taxies was borrowed by the secon estate only .(FALSE)

6) The population of france rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789.(TRUE)

7) The 18th century witness the emergence of social groups terme the first class .(FALSE)

8) Montesquieu proposed a division of power with in the government between the legislative , the executive, & the judiciary.(TRUE)

9) The revolutionary wars brought losses & economic difficulties to the people.(TRUE)

10) The members of the Jacobin Club belonged mainly to the more prosperous section of society. (FALSE) 

11) In the summer of 1792 the Jacobean planned an insurrection of a large number of parisians who were angered by the short .supplies & high price of food .(TRUE)

12) The newly elected assembly was called the convention. (TRUE)

13) On 21st september ,1892 it abolished the Monarchy & declared france a republic .(FALSE)

14) Louis xvi was sentenced to death by a court in the charge of betrayal.(TRUE)

15) The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as Regin of prosperity. (FALSE)

16) Robespierre followed a policy of severe control & punishment. (TRUE)

C) Match the following column:-

Column A	Column B
a) Louis xvi becomes king of france.	i) 1792-93 (b)
b) France becomes a republic	ii) 1815 (d)
c) Napoleon becomes Emperor.	iii) 1792 (e)
d) Napolean defeated at waterloo.	iv) 1804  (c)
e) National Assembly voted in april.	v) 1774 (a)

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