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1. Identify the major tensions and conflicts which existed in Old Regime France in 1788-89, prior to the opening of the Estates General. 2. What are the defining characteristics of the economy of pre-revolutionary France? 3. How were urban and rural poor united and how were they divided in pre-revolutionary France? 4. To what extent was the challenge of any one group responsible for the collapse of the government in France in 1789? 5. Using three or four main points, explain how the meeting of the assembly of notables in 1787 contributed to a revolutionary situation by May 1789. 6. Using three or four main points, explain how the consequences of France’s involvement in the American War of Independence contributed to the development of the Revolution from 1783 to 1789. 7. How did Enlightenment ideas contribute to the outbreak of revolution in France in 1789? 8. In what ways was the Old Regime in France failing to satisfy the needs of its people? 9. What challenges faced the Church in late eighteenth century France? How did these contribute to the outbreak of revolution? 10. What evidence is there to show that Enlightenment ideas about constitutional monarchy were widespread in Old Regime France? 11. To what extent was aristocratic defiance a key factor in the outbreak of the French Revolution? 12. Using three or four points, explain how the actions and role of the Parlement of Paris contributed to a revolutionary situation in 1787 and 1788. 13. To what extent was Louis XVI responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution? 14. Why did the Estates General revolt in 1789? 15. Why is the storming of the Bastille considered a significant event in the outbreak of revolution in France? 16. Discuss the view that the outbreak of revolution in France was actually the culmination of several class revolts? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">17. To what extent were the changing circumstances and expectations of the bourgeoisie a factor in the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">18. To what extent was the bourgeoisie the strongest force for change in the Old Regime? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">19. Why is the Tennis Court Oath considered a significant event in the outbreak of revolution in France? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">20. Explain why the Old Regime in France became increasingly unpopular as it grew weaker in the years prior to 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">21. What economic changes contributed a fundamental challenge to the existing economic structure of pre-revolutionary France? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">22. Why did the Assembly of Notables in 1787 fail to solve the bankruptcy crisis in France? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">23. Explain how the financial crisis of 1788-1789 led to the Tennis Court Oath. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">24. How valid is it to assert that Louis XVI caused the French Revolution by calling the Estates General. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">25. Discuss the main pressure points that were destabilising the traditional feudal structure of Old Regime France. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">26. Using three or four main points, explain how the actions taken by the urban workers and peasants between July and August 1789 contributed to the development of the French revolution. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">27. What was the impact of France’s involvement in several wars in the eighteenth century? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">28. Why did Louis XVI and the institution of the monarchy lose the respect of many people in France in the years immediately prior to 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">29. Discuss the significance of the //cahiers de doleance// in creating a revolutionary situation in 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">30. Why are the //cahiers de doleance// so important to historians of the French Revolution? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">31. Identify the reason why the government of Louis XVI was unwilling or unable to adjust to changing circumstances by 1787-1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">32. Outline how economic disputes helped create a revolutionary situation in France in the 1770s and 1780s. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">33. Outline how conflict between the estates helped to create a revolutionary situation in France prior to 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">34. Outline how the French nobility played a role in the creation of political tensions in the lead-up 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">35. Decide at what point reform was unattainable and the revolution inevitable. Provide evidence to support your view. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">36. Explain why resistance to reform between 1770 and 1789 helped create a revolutionary situation in France. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">37. How did the Assembly of Notables in February 1787 contribute to pressure for revolutionary change between 1787 and 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">38. Explain the importance of revolutionary ideas in the development of the French revolution between June and August 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">39. How did the ideas of Abbe Sieyes contribute to the development of a revolutionary situation in France in 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">40. Explain the importance of the storming of the Bastille in the development of the French Revolution between July and August 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">41. Using three or 4 points, explain how Necker’s //Compte Rendu// in 1781 contributed to a revolutionary situation by May 1789. Provide evidence to support your answer. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">42. Using three or four points explain how political responses made by Louis XVI from May 1789 until August 1789 contributed to the development of the French Revolution. Provide evidence to support your answer. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">43. Using three or four points, explain how the meeting of the Assembly of Notables in 1787 contributed to a revolutionary situation by May 1789. Provide evidence to support your answer. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">44. Using three or four points, explain how the actions taken by urban workers and by peasants between July and August 1789 contributed to the development of the French Revolution. Provide evidence to support your answer. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">45. How did revolutionary leaders and radical ideas create criticisms of the Old Regime in France in the decades before 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">46. What were the main political, social and legal principles that were developed in France between June and August 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">47. Explain the role of the popular movement in the development of a revolutionary situation in France in 1789. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">48. Using three or four points, explain how rising discontent in the Third Estate contributed to a revolutionary situation in France up to May 1789. Provide evidence to support your answer. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">49. How did the French government’s failure to reform contribute to pressure for revolutionary change between 1781 and 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">50. Why did economic tensions contribute to pressure for revolutionary change in France between 1781 and 1789? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">51. Explain the importance of revolutionary leaders in the development of the French Revolution. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">52. How did the Paris //parlement// contribute to the creation of revolutionary tension in France during the late 1780s? <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma; msofareastfontfamily: Tahoma; msolist: Ignore;">53. Explain the role of Abbe Sieyes in the development of revolutionary sentiment in France between 1787 and 14 July 1789?