USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the Legislative Assembly, the Radicals sat of the left side and wanted to go back to the Old Regime.
A
TRUE
B
FALSE
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Radicals Take Control and Execute the King Suffrage, the right to vote, was to be extended to all male citizens, not just to property owners. The Convention that met in September 1792 was a more radical body than earlier assemblies. It voted to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic-the French Republic.

Detailed explanation-2: -What occurred after radicals took control of the Assembly? They called for a new legislative body, extended the right to vote to all male citizens, abolished the monarchy, established a republic, and executed the king and queen.

Detailed explanation-3: -French Revolution Turns Radical In April 1792, the newly elected Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria and Prussia, where it believed that French émigrés were building counterrevolutionary alliances; it also hoped to spread its revolutionary ideals across Europe through warfare.

Detailed explanation-4: -France was close to civil war. Meanwhile, the revolutionaries found themselves not only at war with Austria and Prussia, but with Holland, Spain and Great Britain. As the Revolution stumbled under the weight of foreign war and civil war, the revolutionary leadership grew more radical.

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