AHLCON PUBLIC SCHOOL

Session 2022-23

SUBJECT: HISTORY WORKSHEET

CLASS: IX

TOPIC: Section I- Events and Processes:-

Unit I: The French Revolution

NOTE: QUESTIONS MARKED WITH AN ** MAY BE DONE FOR H.W.

(As per latest CBSE guidelines, the images/pictures provided in each chapter may also be evaluated)

Ch.1: French Society During the late Eighteenth Century

1. ** State the developments in Paris on the 14th of July 1789. (Page 3)
2. ** By 1789, France was dealing with international and internal issues which had a negative impact
on the financial condition of the country. Explain. (Page 4, 1st para)
3. **By 1789, the system of feudal estates had become a major cause of anger for the commoners in
France. Explain. (Page 4, 2nd para)
4. Explain the terms “estates” and “Old Regime”. (1 mark each)
5. ** What do you understand by the term “subsistence crisis”? Explain why the Third Estate was
struggling to survive in the period before 1789. (Page 4)
6. ** Describe how the middle class was formed in France. How did their attitude play a decisive role in
the French Revolution? Explain. (Page 5-6)
7. Briefly explain the meaning of the following terms:
(a) Livre (b) Tithe (c) Taille (d) Clergy
8. Name the philosophers (as well as their writing/ books) and explain how they influenced French
thinking in the period leading to the French Revolution. (Refer to pg.6, 7, and 8)
9. Discuss the factors and developments that caused the 1789 French Revolution. (Refer to entire
chapter)

Ch.2: The Outbreak of the Revolution

1. ** Describe how the attitude and actions of Louis XVI in 1789 led to the outbreak of revolution.
Examine how the Third Estate reacted (in June, 1789). (Page 8)
2. ** Explain the reaction and response of varied social classes as the revolution spread through France
during 1789 (Page 9, 1st & 2nd para).
3. ** What was Louis XVI and the National Assembly response in August 1789, to the revolutionary
developments in France? Explain. (Page 9, last para)
4. What is meant by the term “constitutional monarchy”? (Page 10)
5. ** Do you think that the constitution of 1791 fulfilled the hopes and aspirations created by the
success of the revolution in 1789? Describe the chief features of the newly created constitution.
(Pg.10-11)
6. **On the map of France/ Europe, mark and label the following: Marseilles, Nantes, Bordeaux,
Paris; shade and label the region of Alsace. (NOTE: You may be asked to mark/identify any of the
following places- they are all to be marked in Paris- Headquarters of Estates General / Bastille /
Versailles / Convent of St. Jacob / Palace of the Tuileries / Place de la Concorde)
Ch.3: France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes A Republic
NOTE: Box 1 on Pages 12-13- to be discussed in class

1. ** Examine the impact of events in 1789-91, upon the local citizens in France and on the
neighbouring European kingdoms. (Page 14)
2. What was the Marseillaise? (1 mark)
3. ** Discuss the role played by political clubs in France with special reference to the Jacobin Club.
(Page 14-15, 1st para)
4. ** Describe what happened in France during the Revolution of 1792 and examine the political
consequences. (Page 15 2nd para – Page 16, 2nd para)
5. Examine the role of the Convention in carrying forward revolutionary changes in France. (Page 15,
last para – Page 16, 2nd para)
6. ** Examine the developments taking place in France during the period described as the Reign of
Terror. How did this government meet its end? (Page 16)
7. ** Examine the working of the government of the Directory. How did this period give rise to military
dictatorship in France? (Page 17)
8. Explain briefly: (a) The Marseillaise (b) Sans-culottes (c) Guillotine

Ch.4: Did Women Have a Revolution?

1. Examine how women lived their lives in France before the revolution of 1789. (Page 18)
2. ** Why did French women become politically active? What were their aspirations and how did they
seek to achieve them? Analyze the extent to which they achieved success. (Page 18, last para -19)
3. List three differences and similarities each, between the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and
Citizen and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. (Refer to Source E on page 19 and
Source C on page 11; 1/3 marks)

Ch.5: The Abolition of Slavery

1. Name the major French colonies in the Caribbean. What was their chief produce? (Page 21)
2. Explain what is referred to as the “triangular trade.” (Page 21)
3. ** Examine how slavery developed in the French colonies. (Page 21, 1st para)
4. ** Explain why and how the French attitude towards slavery kept changing during the 18 th -19th
centuries. (Page 21, last para)

Ch.6: The Revolution and Everyday Life

1. ** Examine the impact of the revolution of 1789 on print and entertainment in France. (Page 22)
2. ** When and how did Napoleon takeover power? Examine the consequences of his rule both within
and outside France. (Page 23-24)
Ch.2: Maps for Q.9- please do
the HW on BOTH maps; paste
in your copy.