USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Before the Revolution, France’s political system was considered to be a ‘Constitutional Monarchy’.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Kingdom of France (the remnant of the preceding absolutist Kingdom of France) was a constitutional monarchy that governed France from 3 September 1791 until 21 September 1792, when this constitutional monarchy was succeeded by the First Republic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The course continues by looking at the three key phases of the French Revolution: the Constitutional Monarchy, which lasted from the Storming of the Bastille to the Execution of Louis XVI (1789-1792), the Jacobin Republic and Thermidorian Regime (1792-1794), and the Directory (1795 and beyond).

Detailed explanation-3: -France changed to constitutional monarchy from absolute monarchy on 3 September 1791. Louis XVI accepted the French Constitution and even took an oath to uphold it. As per the new constitution, the powers of the monarch were limited and the power was distributed among the executive, legislature, and judiciary.

Detailed explanation-4: -Louis XVI was the absolute monarch of France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. At the beginning of Louis XVI’s reign, France was under the Ancien Regime which was a system based on absolute monarchy and the feudal traditions of the estates system.

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