Extra questions for class 9

1 Which incident sparked the French Revolution?
2 Why was Bastille prison attacked?
3 What did the French Revolution of 1789 stand for?
Ans3 The French Revolution of 1789 stood for the ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
4 What was the Old Regime?
5 Which estate paid taxes out of all?
6 How was the society divided before the French Revolution?
7 What was the most important privilege enjoyed by the first two estates?
8 What was Tithe?
9 Which social group emerged in France in the 18th century?
10 Name the Philosophers who put forward the ideas of freedom, equal laws and opportunities for all in French society.
11 What did John Locke write in his book Two Treaties of Government?
12 Who wrote The Spirit of the Laws?
13 Define Chateaux.
14 What was the decree of the National Assembly of 1789?
15 When did the National Assembly completed the drafting of the constitution?
16 What made France a constitutional monarch?
And 16 Limiting the powers of the monarch and separating the power of administration among different institutions i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary made France a constitutional monarch.
17 Name an  important political club formed by women in France.
18 When did the new government issued laws to close down the women's club?
19 Who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of woman and citizen?
20 Between which three continents was the slave trade carried out?
21 Name the two Indian Individuals who responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary France?