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6 marksAtlantic Revolutions and Independence Movements to 1800

CAPE History Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

Two extracts relating to the French Revolution: Document I (Louis XVI's Speech at the Opening of the Estates General, 9 May 1789) and Document II (Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, August 1789).

With reference to Document I, suggest TWO reasons regarding the significance of the summoning of the Estates General by Louis XVI in 1789.

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  1. 1(b)With reference to Document I, discuss THREE ways in which the French Revolution resulted from royal incompetence.[9 marks]
  2. 1(c)With reference to Document II, suggest THREE significant measures taken by the National Assembly between 1789 and 1791.[6 marks]
  3. 1(d)With reference to Document II, explain THREE ways in which the ideas of Enlightenment influenced the outbreak of the French Revolution.[9 marks]

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