CBSE Class 9 History The French Revolution Worksheet Set B

Question. What was the condition of the working women?
Answer : Working women had also to care for their families, that is, cook, fetch water, queue up for bread and look after their children.

Question. What attracted a large number of people?
Answer : Plays, songs and festive processions attracted a large number of people.

Question. When did Napoleon Bonaparte crown himself emperor of France?
Answer : Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor of France in 1804.

Question. What did Napoleon Bonaparte set out to conquer?
Answer : Napoleon Bonaparte set out to conquer neighbouring European countries, dispossessing dynasties and creating kingdoms where he placed member of his family.

Question. What did Napoleon see his role as?
Answer : Napoleon saw his role as a modernizer of Europe.

Question. Why did women start their own political clubs and newspaper?
Answer : Women started their own political clubs and newspapers in order to discuss and voice their interests.

Question. How many woman’s clubs came up in different French cities?
Answer : About sixty women’s clubs came up in different French cities.

Question. Which was the most famous women’s club?
Answer : The Society of Revolutionary and Republican Woman was the most famous women’s club.

Question. What was the main demand of the women?
Answer : One of the main demands of the women was that women enjoy the same political rights as men.

Question. Why were the women disappointed by the Constitution of 1791?
Answer : Women were disappointed that the Constitution of 1791 reduced them to Passive Citizens.

Question. What were the demands of the women?
Answer : The women wanted the right to vote, to be elected to the assembly and to hold political ofiice.

Question. Who could apply for divorce now?
Answer : Divorce now could be applied for by both men and women.

Question. What things could women do now?
Answer : Women could now train for job, could become artists or run small businesses.

Question. When were the women’s clubs closed?
Answer : During the reign of terror the new government issued laws ordering closure of the women’s clubs and banning their political activities.

Question. What was the condition of the prominent women during the reign of terror?
Answer : Many prominent women were arrested and many of them were executed.

Question. How long did women’s movements for voting rights and equal wages continue?
Answer : Women’s movements for voting rights and equal wages continued through the next two centuries in many countries in the world.

Question. How was the fight for vote carried?
Answer : The fight for vote was carried through an International Suffrage Movement during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.

Question. Why was the example of the political activities of the French women kept alive?
Answer : The example of the political activities of the French women was kept alive as an inspiring memory.

Question. In which year did the women of France win the right to vote?
Answer : In 1946

Question. Name any one most revolutionary social reform of the Jacobin Regime?
Answer : One of the most revolutionary social reforms of the Jacobin Regime was the abolition of slavery in French colonies.

Question. Who were the important suppliers of commodities such as tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee?
Answer : The colonies in the Caribbean – Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo were important suppliers of commodities such as tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee.

Question. Why was there a shortage of labour on the plantations?
Answer : The reluctance of Europeans to go and work in distant and unfamiliar lands meant a shortage of labour on the plantations.

Question. When did the slave trade begin?
Answer : The slave trade began in the seventeenth century.

Question. What do you mean by the triangular slave trade?
Answer : The slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas is known as the triangular slave trade.

Question. Where did the French merchants buy slaves?
Answer : The French merchants sailed from the ports of Bordeaux and Nantes to the African coast where they bought slaves from local chieftains.

Question. How did the French merchants bring slaves to the Caribbean?
Answer : Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for three months long voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.

Question. What did the National Assembly do to abolish slavery?
Answer : The National Assembly held long debates about whether the rights of man should be extended to all French subjects including those in the colonies.

Question. When were the slaves in the French overseas possessions freed?
Answer : The convention in the 1794 legislated to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions.

Question. Who reintroduced slavery in France?
Answer : Ten years later Napoleon reintroduced slavery in France.

Question. How did the plantation owners understand their freedom?
Answer : The plantation owners understood their freedom as including the right to enslave African Negros in pursuit of their economic interests.

Question. When was slavery finally abolished in French colonies?
Answer : Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in 1848.

Question. Who passed laws to translate the ideals of liberty and equality into everyday practice?
 Answer :The revolutionary governments took it upon themselves to pass the laws that would translate the ideals of liberty and equality into everyday practice.

Question. Name any one important law that came into effect soon after the storming of Bastille?
Answer : One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the abolition of censorship.

Question. What was proclaimed to be a natural right?
Answer :The Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed freedom of speech and expression to be a natural right.

Question. What do you mean by the “Freedom of Press”?
Answer :“Freedom of Press” means that opposing views of events can be expressed.

Question. Name some laws introduced by Napoleon?
Answer : Napoleon introduced many laws such as the protection of private property and a uniform system of weights and measures provided by the decimal system.

Question. What was Napoleon seen as?
Answer : Many people saw Napoleon as a liberator who would bring freedom for the people.

Question. What was the Napoleonic Armies come to be viewed as?
Answer : Soon the Napoleonic Armies came to be viewed as an invading force.

Question.  What does a sceptre stand for?
Answer : Sceptre stands for symbol of royal power.

Question. Who wrote the spirit of the laws?
Answer : Montesquieu wrote The Spirit of the Laws.

Question. When was French declared as republic?
Answer : On 21 September 1792 it abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.

Question. Why was bastille hated by all in France?
Answer : Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king.

Question. Which section of society in France got political rights by the constitution of 1791?
Answer : Constitution of 1791 gave political rights only to the richer sections of society.

Question. Why was church responsible for French Revolution?
Answer : The Church too extracted its share of taxes called tithes from the peasants.
The members of the church clergy belonged to the First Estate. The clergy enjoyed certain privileges by birth. The most important of these was exemption from paying taxes to the state.
About 60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles the Church and other richer members of the third estate.

Question. Why were the representatives of third estate disappointed with the pattern of voting in the Estate General? 
Answer : Voting in the Estates General in the past had been conducted according to the principle that each estate had one vote. This time too Louis XVI was determined to continue the same practice. But members of the third estate demanded that voting now be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote.

Question. Why did the French Revolution start?  
Answer : The start of The French Revolution began due to the disconnect between the people of France and the monarchy, resulting in one of the bloodiest revolts in history. Economic, social and political conditions in France added to the discontent that was felt by many French citizens particularly those from the third estate.

Question. What are the three main social causes leading to outbreak of the revolutionary protest in France?
Answer : 
French society in the eighteenth century was divided into three estates and only members of the third estate paid taxes.
About 60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer members of the third estate.
The nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges. These included feudal dues which they extracted from the peasants.

Question. What are the social causes of the French Revolution?
Answer : The social conditions in France in late 18th century were extremely unequal and exploitative. The clergy and the nobility formed the first two Estates and were the most privileged classes in the French society. They were exempt from payment of taxes to the State.