USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Before the French Revolution, France was a ____
A
Emperor
B
Monarchy
C
President
D
Prime Minister
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -France was a monarchy ruled by the king. The king had total power over the government and the people. The people of France were divided into three social classes called “estates .” The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the commoners.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Revolutionary France, the Legislative Assembly votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the First Republic. The measure came one year after King Louis XVI reluctantly approved a new constitution that stripped him of much of his power.

Detailed explanation-3: -’old rule’), also known as the Old Regime, was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages ( c. 1500) until 1789 and the French Revolution, which abolished the feudal system of the French nobility (1790) and hereditary monarchy (1792).

Detailed explanation-4: -In September 1791, the National Constituent Assembly forced King Louis XVI to accept the French Constitution of 1791, thus turning the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. Q. When did France become a constitutional monarchy?

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