FRANCE & REVOLUTION
The National Assembly & the End of the Old Regime
Name: ________________________________
Directions: On the back of this sheet of paper, create a timeline of the following events. Your timeline MUST include the event and dates provided.
When you are finished, use your textbook (pp. 345-347) to answer the following questions.
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is created & adopted (July 1790)
Creation of the New French Constitution (September 1791)
National Assembly’s Adoption of the ‘DoRoMac’ (August 26, 1789)
Feudalism & Serfdom is abolished throughout France (August 4, 1789)
The Legislative Assembly Declares War on Austria (April 1792)
Mandatory tithes & monastic vows were abolished (August 4, 1789)
Rise of the Paris Commune & the Sans-Culottes (August 1792)
Royal family’s (attempted) escape (June 1791)
Bread Riots & the Women’s March on Versailles (October 1789)
1.) Provide & list TWO causes for the Women’s March on Versailles (p. 345).
2.) What impact did the Women’s March have on the Royal Family & the French Revolution? Explain.
3.) Provide & list TWO consequences that the Civil Constitution of the Clergy had on the Catholic Church (p. 345).
4.) Provide FOUR characteristics of the type of government that was created under the new French Constitution (p. 346).
5.) What effects do you think the Royal Family’s attempted escape had on their perception throughout FRANCE? Explain (p. 346).
6.) What effects do you think the Royal Family’s failed escape had on other EUROPEAN leaders? Explain.
7.) Why do you think that the French Revolution entered a more radical & violent stage in the spring of 1792? Explain (p. 347).