HIEU 425 Quiz 3 Declaration

HIEU 425 Quiz 3 Declaration

HIEU 425 Quiz 3 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Constitutional Monarchy

1. The abolition of feudalism by the National Assembly on the night of 4 August 1789 was unconditional, freeing peasants from having to pay their landlords any compensation.
2. The oath of loyalty required by the Assembly from clergy regarding the Civil Constitution of the Clergy was controversial because it forced clergy to support the nation’s claim to authority over religious issues.
3. In the National Assembly, the most fervent supporters of the Revolution sat on the speaker’s left, its opponents sat to the right, establishing the political definitions of “left” and “right” to the present day.
4. Despite the reforms of the National Assembly, French Protestants and Jews remained second-class citizens.
5. Per historian Jeremy Popkin, a very important aspect of the French Revolution was that, by participating in the Revolution, the French people changed their sense of who they were: instead of royal subjects, they became free citizens.
6. The Revolutionary Tribunal, established after the fall of the monarchy, operated according to due process, thus preserving the balance between the need for justice and the principles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
7. The Girondin faction, led by Jacques-Pierre Brissot, were a pacifist group opposed to going to war.
8. Thomas Paine was a vehement critic of the French Revolution, arguing that it went too far.
9. While the new revolutionary political culture in France allowed for the expression of a wide range of views, it also created a great deal of instability.
10. The declaration by the commander-in-chief of the Austro-Prussian forces, the Duke of Brunswick, that they intended to re-establish Louis’s authority sparked the “Storming of the Tuileries,” which led to the deposing of the king.
11. Olympe de Gouges’s “Declaration of the Rights of Women Citizens” showed how the language of the Declaration of the Rights of Man could be appropriated to make a case for equal rights for women.
12. The Irish statesman Edmund Burke warned his contemporaries that, by completely disregarding tradition and precedent, the Revolution was heading for disaster.
13. The Cordeliers club was the stronghold of diehard monarchists.
14. Through contacts with sailors and domestic servants whose masters discussed the news from France, blacks on the plantations on Saint-Domingue learned about the movement for liberty that had begun in France in 1789 and eventually arose in revolt.
15. Although prominent leader, Count Mirabeau was unable to take command of the Revolution because he was:
16. The following is true of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen except:
17. After the fall of the Bastille:
18. What was the significance of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
19. What was the impact of the battle of Valmy?
20. The emergence of a free press in France was characterized by all of the following except:
21. Who were the émigrés and why were they a problematic group?
22. The new “Legislative Assembly” was:
23. What were some of the reactions to the French Revolution throughout Europe?
24. The provisions of the decree of 4 August 1789 include:
25. The reaction of the publication “Père Duchênse” to the “Flight to Varennes” was: