French Revolution

1) Look back at the information on these sheets. List the reasons why many people in
France were critical of a) the nobility; b) the King; c) The clergy.
Answer: To much taxes. the noble or the clergy didn't have to pay any taxes. The king own everything . The nobles and clergy lived in great luxury in chateaux and palaces. They had a better life. The lower class and the middle class didn't have lost of privelages as the first class.

2) What might a French peasant have grumbled about in 1789?
Answer: The peasants would have grumble about not having their rights. Having to do eveyrthing the higher class said.

3) Look at source A. Explain what point you think the cartoonist was making. Remember
to explain the significance of the three characters, as well as the caption underneath.
Answer: I think the point to the cartoonist was making is that the peasant are lower class people they get no respect from the above people. Also that the peasants are treated just like animals as you can see in the picture the peasants are treated like horses. The quote ‘One hopes this will end soon’ means that the peasants have hopes that this torture and abusment to them will end really soon.

4) How does the author of source B describe the lives of French peasants? (remember: it
is not enough to say ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – you need to give examples from the source!)
Answer: He describes is as a bad life. They had to pay 20kg of wheat and three chickens as feudal dues to one lord and 60kg of oats one chicken, they also had to pay heavy taxes. They had a big responsibility in paying everything.

5) Study sources A, B and C together. Do these sources explain why poor people in
France resented the rich? Explain your answer using the sources.
Answer: The felt as they were treated like animals , didn't have no freedom life at all. Had to do do what the higher class demanded. Most of the time they work and work they barely had food to eat.

6) Rousseau (source D) was an influential writer at this time. Along with other writers
like Voltaire, he wanted France to have a more democratic form of government. Who
would be most influenced by his words and why? (remember to include extracts form
the source in your answer.)
Answer: The peasants will be more influenced to this words because they had no freedom right. Of course they wanted to be treated as human and have equal rights as the upper class people.

7) The pamphlet which source D came from was banned in 1775. Why do you think this
was? Which members of French society would want it to be banned
Answer: The people that banned this in 1775 were the king the nobles because if they haven;t this meant they would have to work and pay there taxes and do things as the peasants do.