MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the desire of the middle class for a greater voice in government.
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an inefficient and corrupt government aroused the anger of a mass of the French people.
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Even before 1789 there was already a majority of the French populace which desired to replace the monarchy with a republic.
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the writings of the philosophes had weakened faith in traditional values and institutions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It abolished slavery in France’s colonies. It gave civil rights to Jews and Muslims. It separated Church and State for the first time in Europe. It reformed family law, giving women and men equality in inheritance, secularizing marriage, and permitting divorce for the first time in France.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is option 1 i.e A and B only. French revolution: The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. Abolition of feudalism, creation of equality were very important changes that took place in France.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main cause of the French Revolution was the despotic rule of Louis XVI, division of French society, rising prices, inspiration of the philosophers, role of middle class.