Who were the two financial experts king Louis VI appointed to look into the national financial crisis?
Calonne and Jacques Necker
Turgot and Calonne
Turgot and Jacques Necker
Rousseau and Jacques Necker
The Spirit of Laws was authored by:
Voltaire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Louis XVI
Which Estate of the States General declared itself as the National Assembly?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Identify this great French reformer who launched a crusade against superstition and attacked traditional beliefs. He wrote many essays, poems and dramas creating awareness among the masses.
Diderot
None of these.
After the fall of Robespierre, and with the framing of the new Constitution, which body was in charge of the Executive?
Directory
Council of Five Hundred
Council of the Ancients
National Convention
Montesquieu is known for:
His words, “Man is born free and is everywhere in chains”
Launching the crusade against superstition and attacking traditional beliefs.
Advocating the supremacy of reason.
His idea of separation of powers into executive, legislative and judiciary to ensure the effective functioning of democracy.
Who was appointed as the Director-General of Finance once Queen Marie Antoinette removed the existing Directors?
Turgot
Necker
Calonne
Samson
“Man is born free and is everywhere in chains”. These are the famous words of which great reformer?
Which of these was not a consequence of the Austrian war against the Revolutionary government?
The attack on the King’s palace at Tuileries.
The suspension of the King and decision to frame a new Constitution.
The September Massacres.
The subsequent defeat of the Austrian army at Tuileries.
What were the three main divisions of the French society?
Nobles, businessmen, commons
Nobles, clergy, commons
Clergy, traders, commons
Nobles, politicians, commons