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Date of the Flight to Varennes:

How was the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille commemorated on 14 July 1790?

• Rioting in the streets of Paris

• Urban centres were calm; the countryside revolted

• Fete de la Federation; significant celebrations of the revolution and its achievements thus far

• Storming the Tuileries Palace

Why did Lafayette organise the Fete de la Federation?

• He was a constitutional monarchist and wanted to celebrate France's achievement of this

• He wanted a riot to erupt

• He wanted to advocate for a republic in front of a large crowd

• He wanted to advocate for a return to an absolute monarchy in front of a large crowd

Categorise the events of the Flight to Varennes

Groups:

(a) Causes

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(b) Course

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(c) Effects

• Royal family is caught in Varennes by local authorities

• The NCA divides

• The royal family believed they were prisoners of the revolution

• Wanted to negotiate his position in France from a safe location

• The Feuillants call for maintenance of the constitutional monarchy

• Royal family fled the Tuileries Palce in the middle of the night (20 Jun 1791)

• The Jacobins and Cordeliers call for a republic

• Royal family is escorted back to Paris

Reorder the following
1 = most radical; 3 = most conservative

• Cordeliers

• Feuillants

• Jacobins

Why were the sans-culottes demonstrating at the Champ De Mars on 17 July 1791?

• They were supporting the petitions of the Cordeliers and Jacobins for a republic

• They were protesting against the Cordeliers and Jacobins' calls for a republic

• They were demonstrating in support of Louis

• They were angry about the price of food

What role did Lafayette play in the Champ de Mars Massacre?

• He successfully calmed the protesting crowds

• He organised and wrote the petitions calling for a republic

• He unsuccessfully calmed the crowd and ordered troops to fire at the crowds

• He protected the crowd from royal troops with the National Guard

The NCA upon Louis' return to Paris: "Whoever applauds the king will be ​ (a)   , whoever ​ (b)   him will be ​ (c)   ."

• batonned
• insults
• hanged
• rewarded
• attacks

"You are no longer my king! You are nothing but a cowardly deserter. ... There is only outcry against you."
How could this Hebert quote be used as evidence?

• To support a point about maintaining the constitutional monarchy

• To support a point about the cause of Louis' Flight to Varennes

• To support a point about the growing calls for a French republic after the Flight to Varennes

• To support a point about the split in the NCA