Topic questions Depth studies France in Revolution
30 questions · 600 marks · about 12 hours
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the nature of the September massacres in Paris in 1792?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How accurate is it to say that the failings of Louis XVI and his ministers in the 1780s were the main reason for the onset of the French Revolution in 1789?
How far do you agree that, in the years 1795–99, the political and financial successes of the Directory outweighed its political and financial failures?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the rights of the French nobility before the 1789 revolution?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘The impact of war with Austria and Prussia was the main reason for the collapse of constitutional monarchy in France in the years 1791–92.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
How accurate is it to say that the Terror of 1793–94 and the White Terror of the mid-1790s were markedly different?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the nature of the White Terror in the mid-1790s?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1789–90, the status and authority of the French monarchy was not seriously undermined?
How significant was the threat posed by the Vendée revolt to the survival of the Republic in 1793?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate Robespierre’s role in the Terror?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How significant was the challenge to the ancien régime posed by rural poverty and urban food prices in France in the 1780s?
4 ‘The role played by Sieyès was the main reason for the success of the coup de Brumaire in 1799.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons for King Louis XVI’s flight to Varennes in June 1791?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How accurate is it to say that the lack of effective financial reform was primarily responsible for undermining the ancien régime in France?
4 ‘The nature of the Terror in France changed markedly in the years 1793–94.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the power of the French monarchy in the years immediately before 1789?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the power of the French monarchy in the years immediately before 1789?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How significant were external threats in sharpening divisions within France in the years 1791–94?
How significant were external threats in sharpening divisions within France in the years 1791–94?
How accurate is it to say that economic and financial problems were the primary reason for the collapse of the Directory in 1799?
How accurate is it to say that economic and financial problems were the primary reason for the collapse of the Directory in 1799?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the challenge posed to the Republic by the Vendée revolt in 1793?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘The reforms of the National Assembly (1789-91) transformed France.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
4 ‘The Directory restored financial, but not political, stability.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the extent of the Directory’s success?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
How significant was the challenge posed by the Enlightenment to the ancien régime in France in the years 1774-89?
4 ‘Religious issues were primarily responsible for the deepening divisions in France in the years 1790-94.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the seriousness of the financial problems facing the French monarchy in the years before 1789?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
3 ‘The Terror had successfully strengthened the Republic by the beginning of 1795.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
How significant was the domestic impact of war in bringing about the fall of the Directory in 1799?
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