USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How was the French Revolution different from the American Revolution?
A
All of the answers
B
The British abolished old rules and set new ones
C
French revolutionary leaders retained the old order of France
D
French revolutionary leaders abolished old rules and set new ones
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This conception is clearly different from that of the American revolutionaries. For the Americans, interests were the guiding force; for the French, reason. For the Americans, Freedom was to be preserved against the State; for the French, the State was used by reason to achieve Social Justice.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the many differences between the American and French Revolutions is that, unlike the French, Americans did not fight for an abstraction. Both revolutions started in the same way and were fighting for the same thing both ended a different way.

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