Question

Consider the following events related to the French Revolution and identify the correct chronological response from the options given thereafter:
A Convocation of Estates General
B Storming of the Bastille
C Peasant revolts in the countryside
D Third Estate forms National Assembly

• A. A, C, D,B
• B. D, B, C, A
• C. A, D, C, B
  
• D. B, A, C, D

Answer 1

The correct option is C A, D, C, B

On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes.

On 20 June, 1789 members of the third estate assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in the grounds of Versailles. They declared themselves a National Assembly and swore not to disperse till they had drafted a constitution for France that would limit the powers of the monarch.

In the countryside rumours spread from village to village that the lords of the manor had hired bands of brigands who were on their way to destroy the ripe crops. Caught in a frenzy of fear, peasants in several districts seized hoes and pitchforks and attacked chateaux. On 14 July, the agitated crowd stormed and destroyed the Bastille