USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the French Revolution decrease the power of the Catholic church?
A
Other countries decided to revolt too because of what they saw happening in France.
B
Countries saw the devotion and pride that the French people took in their country and decided to have these same values.
C
The French told people to stop going to church.
D
The revolution got rid of a lot of corruption within the Catholic church by taking away some of its power.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The new revolutionary authorities suppressed the Church, abolished the Catholic monarchy, nationalized Church property, exiled 30, 000 priests, and killed hundreds more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Revolutionary changes emerged in Christian Europe during the 16th century. Criticism of Church authority and traditions led to the Protestant Reformation that would end the religious unity of Europe and lead to devastating wars between Catholics and Protestants.

Detailed explanation-3: -By the Late Middle Ages, two major problems were weakening the Roman Catholic Church. The first was worldliness and corruption within the Church. The second was political conflict between the pope and European monarchs.

Detailed explanation-4: -it split the church departments into the 82 stae departments and made the state the payer of their wages as a result of the abolishment of tithes. it also changed the voting system of the clergy by making bishops to be elected in an attempt to remove coruption.

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