AQA A Level History Depth Study: France in Revolution, 1774-1815 (A-level only) June 2018 question paper 7042/2H

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the influence of the sans-culottes on the revolution between June and December 1793.

‘The financial privileges of the first two estates were the main reason for the Crown debt of 1788.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The Directory was successful in dealing with threats from Jacobins and Royalists in the years 1795 to 1799.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did French society benefit from Napoleonic rule in the years 1800 to 1808?