CHAPTER-1 SOME ASPECTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION CLASS-IX WBBSE

51. The National Constituent Assembly wrote a New Constitution in 1791 A.D.
52. The "Declaration of the rights of Men and Citizen" condemned the practices of the ancient regime.
53. King Louis XVI and his family left Paris on 20th June, 1791.
54. The king was recognized by and stopped at Varennes.
55. The newly constituted Legislative Assembly started its session on 1st October, 1791.
56. The Parisian mob broke into Royal palace at Tuileries on 10th August, 1792.
57. Parisian mob means - " a combination of urban workers, wage earner, vagabonds etc.
58. On 10th of August, 1792, the Legislative Assembly dismissed the king Louis XVI with the Queen (Marie Antoinette) to the
'Temple Prison'.
59. The threat of foreign invasion brought about the fall of the French monarchy.
60. The Historians called the incident of the fall of the monarchy as the "Second French Revolution".
61. The National Constituent Assembly came to be known as the ' National Convention' in 1792 A.D.
62. The National Convention met its session for the first time on 20th September, 1792.
63. The first thing that the National Convention did was to declare France a ‘Republic' (1792).
64. Louis XVI was guillotined on 21st January, 1793.
65. The place where, Louis XVI was guillotined, came to be known as the "Square of the Republic".
66. Except Great Britain whole of Europe adhered to absolute monarchy prior the French Revolution.
67. In November, 1792, the National Convention had decreed the "Edict of Fraternity".
68. The Girondins (political club) had the support in the provinces, whereas the Jacobins (political club) had solid backing of the
clubs and the Parisian mob.
69. The Girondins were high born gentlemen.
70. On 26th of May, 1793, Maximilien Robespierre, the most important Jacobin ruler invited the Parisian mob to insurrect
against the Girondins.
71. The Girondins were either expelled or put under arrest on 2nd June, 1793.
72. The Jacobins introduced the new phase of Revolution, came to be known as 'Reign of Terror'.
73. The San-Culottes despised the nobility and refused to wear breeches.
74. San-Culottes meaning without breeches.
75. The San-Culottes wore trousers instead of breeches.
76. The San-Culottes included wage earner at the bottom to men at the top like wealthy brewer, furniture contractor etc.
77. The "Committee of Public Safety" was formed by the Jacobins on 10th of October, 1793.
78. Tipu Sultan was the king of Mysore, who became a member of the Jacobin club.
79. The capital of Tipu Sultan was Seringapattam.
80. Robespierre was arrested and imprisoned on 27th of July,1794.
81. On 28th July, 1794, Robespierre along with his 21 associates were guillotined.
82. The Reign of Terror came to an end with the execution of Maximilien Robespierre i.e., on 28th July, 1794.
83. The incident of killing of Robespierre and his 21 associates came to be known as the "Thermidorian Reaction".
84. A new Revolutionary Calendar introduced by the National Convention the equivalent date (of 28th July) was 20th
Thermidorian.
85. The period of the Reign of Terror was between 1793 and 1794.
86. Apart from Robespierre, Carnot and Saint Just were also two prominent leaders of the Jacobin club.
87. After the fall of the infamous Bastille Fort, Paris Commune was established.
88. One of woman revolutionaries of the French Revolution was Madame Roland.
89. Versailles and Tuileries are located in France.
90. On 5th October, 1789 the crowd of women surrounded the Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) demanding bread.
91. "The Declaration of the Rights of Men and Citizen" was a death certificate of the old regime or the monarchical absolutism in
France.
92. The Declaration of the Rights of Men and Citizen was incorporated as a preamble to the Constitution of 1791.
93. The common cry of the French Revolution are: Equality, Liberty and Fraternity (three main ideologies of French Revolution).
94. France gifted the famous "Statue of Liberty" to America when it attained its independence from England in 1776 A.D.
95. The demands of the Third Estate acted as the 'death warrant' of the Ancient Regime.
96. The National Assembly started to write a constitution for France on and from 12th August, 1789.
97. National Assembly assumed the name National Constituent Assembly.
98. The National Constituent Assembly finally adopted the new Constitution for France on 30th September, 1791.
99. The New Legislative Assembly met its new session on 1st October, 1791.
100. The newly formed Constitution of France had restricted the voting rights to those who owned property (Active Citizens).