Questions for the Tackett paper

Choose three of the sets of questions below and answer them in your paper. (Note: this does not mean three questions total; for each of the numbered sets below, you'll answer all the questions in that set.)

1. How had the people of Varennes and the surrounding areas been affected by the Revolution prior to the King's arrival? Were they more agitated than other French people at the time of the King's appearance? Why or why not? Once the royal family's disguise was unmasked, what factors made it difficult for the townspeople to decide quickly what to do? (That is, what considerations informed the arguments for and against letting the king proceed?)
2. Considering the master plan for the flight to Varennes, was the royal family's escape doomed from the beginning? According to Tackett, what factors contributed to the plan's failure?
3. What factors contributed to the increasing radicalization in Paris between the summer of 1789 and the summer of 1791? What was the atmosphere in Paris on the eve of the king's flight? What was the Parisian reaction to the news that the royal family was gone?
4. Discuss the spread of the news that the King had fled Paris. Compare and contrast the way people in Paris and the provinces responded to news of the king's flight.
5. Though the Jacobins are typically blamed for originating and perpetuating the Terror, are there any indications during the Legislative Assembly that such extreme measures might be inevitable? Is there a sense of terror before "The Terror?" How does Tackett connect the king's flight to the onset of the Terror?
6. Assess Tackett's argument that the liberal regime of 1789 was not doomed to failure. (Explain his argument and discuss whether or not you think it's convincing, with evidence to support your answer.) Why did the king's flight endanger the success of the Revolution? Could Louis have remained king if he had acted differently?