French Rev AOS1 Lesson 11

State how many political pamphlets were published in France between May 1788 and April 1789.

• 400

• 4,000

• 40,000

• 400,000

Identify reasons why the 'pamphlet war' was significant as a cause for Revolution (select all correct answers).

• Increased censorship silenced dissenting views.

• The King, Queen and ministers were slandered (criticised) about their leadership, financial issues and personal affairs.

• Hundreds of thousands of people all over France read the newspapers and pamphlets.

• Salons were the only place for discussion on France's future.

• The pamphlets (together with cahiers) increased tensions leading up to the Estates General in May 1789.

Identify which statements are true for Abbe Sieyes (select all correct answers).

• Born a noble (second estate)

• A religious man who also believed in the enlightenment.

• He represented the third estate (commoners) at the Estates General

• He helped write the Tennis Court Oath, DORMAC and Constitution of 1791.

• He wrote the most famous pamphlet during the pamphlet wars: What is the Third Estate?

According to Sieyes, what is the third estate?

• Everything

• Nothing

• Something

• The majority

• The minority

Identify the main messages from Sieyes' pamphlets (select all correct answers).

• The third estate should have had more political power because they held the most economic power.

• The first and second estates (privileged estates) were parasites that contributed almost nothing to France

• Absolute monarchy and divine right were unshakeable.

• Taxes should be paid only by nobles and the church

• There should be a representative parliament (National Assembly)